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Passwords (General Information)
Summary
Information about passwords, why they are important, how to change them and how to reset them.
The ability to change your password using the CWIS editor password changer will be removed on the 21st November 2011. (This work encompasses removal of the CWIS editor, permissions editor, drive mapping, password changer and quota viewer). Alternatives are available:
- CWIS editor - use Dreamweaver or Contribute.
- Permissions editor - use SFTP transfer (eg using WinSCP) and edit with any text editor.
- Password changer and quota viewer - login to www.le.ac.uk using PuTTY (or other ssh client) and you will be presented with a menu for these features.
- Drive Mapping - use Dreamweaver, Contribute, WinSCP or other SFTP client.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact ithelp@le.ac.uk marking your message 'FAO Multimedia Services'.
Note: IT services DO NOT know your password and will not be able to find it out should you lose it. They can however, issue you with a new one if you contact the IT help.
If you do get your password reset by IT help then please don't forget that the new password you are issued with will be a temporary one. You will need to change it before you can use your Web account properly.
The only level of protection to your Web account on the University Server is your password. It is therefore important that you:
- Do not give your password to anyone else, or write it down, or send it via email
- Do not choose a password that could be easily guessed (e.g. your surname plus a number)
- Do change your password frequently
To change your password yourself for your Web account:
1. Download and install PuTTY from CFS software.
2. Open PuTTY and you will see a screen as follows - all you need to do is fill in the hostname as www.le.ac.uk and the port as 22.
3. With the hostname filled in click the Open button. A black screen will open up and prompt you for your CFS username.
4. Enter your CFS username and press return. The screen will then prompt you for your CWIS (web) password.
5. Enter your CWIS (web) password and press return - a series of numbered options will appear.
6. Choose an option by entering one of the numbers associated with the choices.
7. If you choose ' Change Password' your will be prompted to enter your current password and then asked to type a new password twice. Once you have done this and pressed return your password will have been changed.
