Technology Solutions Centre - IT Security

Changing Your Novell Login Password

In many cases, passwords are an only line of defense into a system or application.  Users with UWin Project systems connected to the campus Novell network can change network and system passwords as often as they like - the more often, the better.

Press the <Ctrl> + <Alt> + <Del> buttons simultaneously and select Change Password.

In the Novell Change Password box you can select the resource you wish to make the change to.  The computer icon in the box refers to the local system; the tree refers to the Novell network account (some users may only see the tree icon – any changes made in this case would apply to both the local and network account).

Good security practices would be to have separate password for the local system and for network authentication.  In the event that either account is compromised, the attacker is limited to accessing that resource only.