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- | ====== User Accounts and Password usage ====== | + | ===== User Accounts and Password usage ===== |
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+ | For Charles University **Central Autentication Services** (**CAS**) please go to [[https:// | ||
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Every faculty and staff member as well as every student are eligible for network and email accounts. These accounts are setup by the network administrator after filling up a simple form by a new LAN user directly at the computer office on the 4th floor, room 409. ** CERGE-EI email accounts are " | Every faculty and staff member as well as every student are eligible for network and email accounts. These accounts are setup by the network administrator after filling up a simple form by a new LAN user directly at the computer office on the 4th floor, room 409. ** CERGE-EI email accounts are " | ||
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==== Changing Password (Domain account) ==== | ==== Changing Password (Domain account) ==== | ||
- | **Option A:** Via Windows - once you are logged at the PC connected to CERGE-EI internal network: | + | **Option A:** **Via Windows** - once you are logged at the PC connected to CERGE-EI internal network: |
To change your network password while logged in the LAN using Windows Active Directory, simply press Ctrl-Alt-Delete and then choose the Change Password option. | To change your network password while logged in the LAN using Windows Active Directory, simply press Ctrl-Alt-Delete and then choose the Change Password option. | ||
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More details about changing password and its consequences are described in [[: | More details about changing password and its consequences are described in [[: | ||
- | **Option B** (experimental): | + | **Option B** (experimental): |
PWM is a self-service facility which allows users to: | PWM is a self-service facility which allows users to: | ||
* Review the user account settings (expiration, | * Review the user account settings (expiration, | ||
- | * **Change** the domain password | + | * **Change** |
- | * **Reset** forgotten password | + | * **Reset** |
- | * **Register your mobile phone** to be able to reset forgotten password | + | * **Register your mobile phone** |
__**Important notice:**__ | __**Important notice:**__ | ||
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==== Password usage tips ==== | ==== Password usage tips ==== | ||
- | It's highly recommended to use strong passwords, which does not contain the user or company | + | It's highly recommended to use **strong passwords**, which **does not contain** |
- | Do NOT use the same password for multiple logins (e.g. the same password for gmail, facebook, windows domain authentification at work, dropbox etc.): when login credentials of one of them is compromised, all the services | + | Do **NOT** |
It's difficult to remember a whole bunch of complex passwords, therefore it's recommended to use a password manager, for instance [[http:// | It's difficult to remember a whole bunch of complex passwords, therefore it's recommended to use a password manager, for instance [[http:// | ||
- | You can even use the same strong password for multiple logins, just add a " | + | You can even use the **same strong password** |
- | Make sure you know how to reset the password for all of your websites, services, computer accounts you have. In most cases, new password activation link is send to your email filled in during registration. Some services use 2way authentification verification as most banks do, e.g. cell phone SMS. | + | Make sure you know **how to reset the password** |
- | If you accidentally | + | If you __accidentally |
- | Encrypt your entire phone (e.g. Android has already added this feature), encrypt the entire disk of your laptop using windows | + | **Encrypt** |
- | Passwords should be changed | + | Passwords should be **changed |
- | Do not tell a password to anyone! If you have to tell a password to somebody else e.g. in order to complete an important task, change | + | **Do not tell a password to anyone**! If you have to tell a password to somebody else e.g. in order to complete an important task, __change |
- | Do not send passwords by email! Emails travel through internet in plain text form and it is relativelly | + | **Do not send passwords by email!** |
- | Do not react to the forged emails telling you to change your password to some of your accounts somewhere. This social technique is called " | + | Do not react to the **forged emails** |
- | Do not write passwords on piece of paper, stickers | + | **Do not write** |