Change Windows domain TD-CSF account password

Ho To Change my password on TD-CSF Windows Domain ? (Used for Windows stations login/HelpDesk / CS WiFi / MSDN ( Kivuto online store) / Printing)

Under Graduate student: click here for more information on how to reset your password.
Please click here for how to change UNIX (CSA/CSM/CSD) Mail and SSH Services password.

The Current Password Policy on TD-CSF is described below:

  1. Minimum Password length: 8 char.
  2. Complexity. Minimum requirements:
  • Not contain the user’s account name or parts of the user’s full name that exceed two consecutive characters.
  • Password contains characters from three of the following four categories:
  • English uppercase characters (A through Z)
  • English lowercase characters (a through z)
  • Base 10 digits (0 through 9)
  • Non-alphabetic characters (for example, !, $, #, %)
  • Complexity requirements are enforced when passwords are changed or created.
You can check your new password complexity with The Password Meter tool.

You can change the password in several ways:

– From a computer that belongs to the td-csf faculty group:

  • Make sure you are logged in to Domain TD-CSF and not locally.
  • Press Ctrl Alt Del and press the “change password” button.

– Using  a browser from inside the Technion:

– From a computer that is NOT in the TD-CSF Domain, using your Unix account to login to Unix server:

  • Login with ssh to CSA or CSM LINUX faculty servers.
  • Invoke this command:  /usr/bin/smbpasswd  -r  csf
  • Enter your old TD-CSF Domain password, set your new password according to the password policy, and re-type to confirm.
  • If the new password  was approved by the Domain Controller you will get this message: Password changed for user  YOUR-USERNAME