You can change your physics account password by using the kpasswd command on the Department Linux computers. To do so, you will need to connect to login.physics.wisc.edu via ssh, a tool for remote command-line access. On a Windows computer, you can use the built-in ssh command in the Command utility. On a Mac, you can use ssh from the Terminal app found in Applications/Utilities.
Use the following ssh command, replacing YOUR_ACCOUNT with the name of your account:
ssh youraccount@login.physics.wisc.edu
You will likely be presented with the message, “The authenticity of host ‘login.physics.wisc.edu’ can’t be established.” Enter ‘yes’ in response to, “Are you sure you want to continue connecting?”
Enter your current password when prompted.
You should then see a login banner similar to the following:
###################################################################### Welcome to login01.physics.wisc.edu CentOS 7.9.2009 (Core) 3.85 GiB RAM 1x QEMU Virtual CPU version 2.5+, 1 threads kernel 5.4.203-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64 ######################################################################
Enter the following command:
kpasswd
You will be prompted for the current password and then a new password. As you type the passwords, nothing is echoed on the screen. Once finished, you can log out using the command ‘logout’.