Changing your Password

Accessing the Menu System

SVPAL PPP Users with Full Internet accounts should follow these directions for changing a password.

To change your password you must login to SVPAL's menus. If you are a menu user then you can skip to section below "Using the SVPAL Menus to Change your password."

Logging into the Menu System

At the login: prompt you should enter your SVPAL login username (e.g. janedoe) then press the Enter key.

FreeBSD/i386 (borg.svpal.org) (ttyp0)
 
login: janedoe
Password:

Now enter your SVPAL password. Note that your password is not displayed on the screen. Press the Enter key after typing your password.

FreeBSD/i386 (borg.svpal.org) (ttyp0)
  
login: janedoe
Password:

If you entered your username and password correctly you should see the Message of the Day (MOTD) appear on screen.  If did not enter your username and password correctly, you are again prompted for your username with the login: prompt. 

Using the SVPAL Menus to Change your password

Once you have successfully logged into SVPAL and read the MOTD (Message of the Day), type "q" and then "q" again to proceed to the main menu.

On the main menu enter "9" then press the Enter key to go to the Personal Information menu.  On the Personal Information enter "2" then press the Enter key to change your password. 

The following appears on your screen [note that your SVPAL user name appears on screen where "janedoe" is in this example]: 

Changing password for janedoe on svpal.
Old password:

Enter your current password, then press the Enter key. [Note that your password does not appear on the screen.]  If you make mistake, press the Backspace key several times to completely erase your typing.  Then re-enter your password again.  If you mistyped your password, the following appears on screen:

Changing password for janedoe on svpal.
Old password:
passwd: sorry
 
Press RETURN to return to menu

Select option "2" and try again.

If you entered your password correctly, the following appears on your screen: 

Changing password for janedoe on svpal.
Old password:
New password:

Enter your desired new password, then press the Enter key.  If you mis-entered your new password, press the Enter key until you return to the Personal Information menu.  Select option "2" again.  Otherwise, the following appears on your screen: 

Changing password for janedoe on svpal.
Old password:
New password:
Retype new password:

Enter your new password again, then press the Enter key.  You are prompted to enter your new password twice to insure that you have entered your new password correctly.  If you entered your new password correctly, it is changed immediately.  You must use the new password the next time you login.  If you cannot login with the new password, try the old password.  If neither works, call SVPAL support for help. You should see the following on screen if you password has been changed:

Your new password may not take effect for up to 10
minutes as our servers are updated.  Your old
password will continue to work in the interim. 
 
Press RETURN to return to menu

Press the Enter key to return to the Menus.  Then enter bye to logout from the menu system.