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| ===== Choosing a password ===== | ===== Choosing a password ===== | ||
| - | Choose a password that is 6 to 8 characters long, not all letters or all numbers, and not a dictionary word in any language or a permutation of such. Please don't give out your account password to anyone. Your account is for your own personal use and is not to be shared with anyone, including system administrators and your supervisors. | + | Choose a password that is at least 6 to 8 characters long, not all letters or all numbers, and not a dictionary word in any language or a permutation of such. Please don't give out your account password to anyone. Your account is for your own personal use and is not to be shared with anyone, including system administrators and your supervisors. |
| Weak passwords are easily broken by intruders with popular password cracking programs. To keep our system, secure, accounts which are found to have weak passwords will be disabled. | Weak passwords are easily broken by intruders with popular password cracking programs. To keep our system, secure, accounts which are found to have weak passwords will be disabled. | ||
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| ===== Lost passwords ===== | ===== Lost passwords ===== | ||
| - | If you lose or forget your password, and can't log in, visit us in Physics | + | If you lose or forget your password, and can't log in, visit us in PAN room 347, with your University ID. |