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| ===== FACTS / HINTS ===== | ===== FACTS / HINTS ===== |
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| * **One account for all services** (called Domain Account). There is **only ****one**** login name and password** which serves **for** almost **all applications** and services at CERGE-EI (Login to computer; Network shares, CEIS; CMS; Reporting; internal web pages; printers etc.) Mostly the password is common also for Email Server Zimbra - including Webmail, SMTP and IMAP access; * You can have an **independent password for email** - coordinate accounts separation with the IT office in advance (older accounts are still synced between email and domain) * **Do not change the email password via Zimbra webmail** to make it independent, it could lock your network account. (Unless you are the person with the **independent email password**. This case use [[https://mail.cerge-ei.cz|webmail]] for [[:public:emai:zimbra_password|Zimbra Password change ]] ) * Password may be changed **ONLY ONCE per day**. * **Passwords must meet complexity requirements**<WRAP round center important 60%> <font 11.0pt/11;;#27ae60;;inherit>Please understand, that it is important to comply with the following rules: * Passwords must not contain the user's name or username; * Passwords must contain characters from the following four categories: uppercase characters, lowercase characters, digits, other characters: ~!@#$%^&*_-+=`|\(){}[]:;"'<>,.?/ * Must be at least 9 characters long.</WRAP> * **Passwords remembered by email clients can <font inherit/inherit;;red;;inherit>LOCK YOUR ACCOUNT** * Account is temporarily** locked after several unsuccessful logon attempts** with a wrong password! * **Email clients** (like Thunderbird or Outlook), **smartphones** and tablets or **web browsers** (like Firefox or Chrome) **allow password to be remembered**. * **<font inherit/inherit;;red;;inherit>BE AWARE that**</font> **<font inherit/inherit;;red;;inherit>SMARTPHONES</font>**<font inherit/inherit;;red;;inherit>**usually**</font><font inherit/inherit;;red;;inherit>** use remembered password **</font><font inherit/inherit;;red;;inherit>**repeatedly **</font>regardless of its validity which results in the **account lockdown**. | * **One account for all services** (called Domain Account). There is **only ****one**** login name and password** which serves **for** almost **all applications** and services at CERGE-EI (Login to computer; Network shares, CEIS; CMS; Reporting; internal web pages; printers etc.) Password may be changed **ONLY ONCE per day**. |
| | * Usually you have an **independent password for Email Server Zimbra** - including Webmail, SMTP and IMAP access; This case you can change the email password via Zimbra webmail. Than you can have two different passwords (recommended mode). Use [[https://mail.cerge-ei.cz|webmail]] for [[:public:emai:zimbra_password|Zimbra Password change ]] ) |
| | * If you have an **older account** at CERGE-EI you can still have the **password synced between email and domain**. Coordinate accounts separation with the IT office in advance. __Do not change the email password via Zimbra webmail to make it independent, it could lock your network account.__ |
| | * **Passwords must meet complexity requirements**<WRAP round center important 60%> <font 11.0pt/11;;#27ae60;;inherit>Please understand, that it is important to comply with the following rules: |
| | * Passwords must not contain the user's name or username; |
| | * Passwords must contain characters from the following four categories: uppercase characters, lowercase characters, digits, other characters: ~!@#$%^&*_-+=`|\(){}[]:;"'<>,.?/ |
| | * Must be at least 9 characters long.</WRAP> |
| | * **Passwords remembered by email clients can <font inherit/inherit;;red;;inherit>LOCK YOUR ACCOUNT** |
| | * Account is temporarily** locked after several unsuccessful logon attempts** with a wrong password! |
| | * **Email clients** (like Thunderbird or Outlook), **smartphones** and tablets or **web browsers** (like Firefox or Chrome) **allow password to be remembered**. * **<font inherit/inherit;;red;;inherit>BE AWARE that**</font> **<font inherit/inherit;;red;;inherit>SMARTPHONES</font>**<font inherit/inherit;;red;;inherit>**usually**</font><font inherit/inherit;;red;;inherit>** use remembered password **</font><font inherit/inherit;;red;;inherit>**repeatedly **</font>regardless of its validity which results in the **account lockdown**. |
| * **Plan well before you change your password! **Recall all devices or applications with stored passwords (especially smartphones and tablets) in advance. | * **Plan well before you change your password! **Recall all devices or applications with stored passwords (especially smartphones and tablets) in advance. |
| * **Immediately after the password change**, the client password in your mail, smartphone, tablet **must be changed too**. | * **Immediately after the password change**, the client password in your mail, smartphone, tablet **must be changed too**. |