When you first connect to a UNIX system, you usually see a prompt such as the following −
login:
To log in
- Have your userid (user identification) and password ready. Contact your system administrator if you don't have these yet.
- Type your userid at the login prompt, then press ENTER. Your userid is case-sensitive, so be sure you type it exactly as your system administrator instructed.
- Type your password at the password prompt, then press ENTER. Your password is also case-sensitive.
- If you provided correct userid and password then you would be allowed to enter into the system. Read the information and messages that come up on the screen something as below.
login : amrood amrood's password: Last login: Sun Jun 14 09:32:32 2009 from 62.61.164.73 $
You would be provided with a command prompt ( sometime called $ prompt ) where you would type your all the commands. For example to check calendar you need to type cal command as follows −
$ cal June 2009 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 $
Change Password
All Unix systems require passwords to help ensure that your files and data remain your own and that the system itself is secure from hackers and crackers. Here are the steps to change your password −
- To start, type passwd at command prompt as shown below.
- Enter your old password the one you're currently using.
- Type in your new password. Always keep your password complex enough so that no body can guess it. But make sure, you remember it.
- You would need to verify the password by typing it again.
$ passwd Changing password for amrood (current) Unix password:****** New UNIX password:******* Retype new UNIX password:******* passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully $
Note − I have put stars (*) just to show you the location where you would need to enter the current and new passwords otherwise at your system, it would not show you any character when you would type.
