GNOME Documentation Project gnome-doc-list@gnome.org Michael Hill mdhillca@gmail.com Ekaterina Gerasimova kittykat3756@gmail.com Keep your account secure by changing your password often in your account settings. Change your password shaunm

We need a note in here about password hints. Share content with user-add

Turns out that you get a dialog to change the keyring password when you log in after changing your password. Mention that in a blurb above the steps above #changepass below. "When you next log in, you will be asked to…. If you prefer to change the keyring password immediately, do this:

 shaunm

We need pages on the keyring. Link to them from the section below on changing your keyring password. This page can still go final for 3.0.x without that, but leave this comment in for 3.2.

 mdhill

Not prompted to change keyring password on next login in 3.2, wording changed. Keyring pages still need adding. Bug 643445 indicates password hints not implemented yet in GDM.

It is a good idea to change your password from time to time, especially if you think someone else knows your password.

You need administrator privileges to edit user accounts other than your own.

Open the Activities overview and start typing Users.

Click Users to open the panel.

Click the label ····· next to Password. If you are changing the password for a different user, you will first need to Unlock the panel and select the account under Other Users.

Enter your current password, then a new password. Enter your new password again in the Verify New Password field.

You can press the generate password icon to automatically generate a random password.

Click Change.

Make sure you choose a good password. This will help to keep your user account safe.

When you update your login password, your login keyring password will automatically be updated to be the same as your new login password.

If you forget your password, any user with administrator privileges can change it for you.