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How do I change my CVS account password?
Christopher Brooks, 27 Aug 1999

The cvs account you were given can do only two thing: run the cvs command and run the passwd command. To change the password, use ssh to connect to gigasource.eecs.berkeley.edu and then run passwd.

cxh@maury 139% ssh -l ptolemy gigasource
ptolemy@gigasource's password:
No mail.
$ passwd
passwd:  Changing password for ptolemy
Enter login password:

New password:
Re-enter new password:
passwd (SYSTEM): passwd successfully changed for ptolemy
$ exit
Connection to gigasource closed.
cxh@maury 140%

Note that your CVS account is separate from your GSRC website account. Not all GSRC members will necessarily have a CVS account.

Having your password changed for you

If you have forgotten your CVS password, then send email to www@gigascale.org and state your name and the name of your CVS account in case it is different from the name of the account you are sending email from

The GSRC staff will do the following:

  1. Determine the proper account name by searching /etc/passwd with grep login /etc/passwd
  2. As root on gigasource, run passwd login and change the password
  3. email the new password to the user, prompting them to change it