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<info>
<link type="guide" xref="user-accounts#passwords"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="user-goodpassword"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="user-admin-explain"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.8.0" date="2013-03-09" status="candidate"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.10" date="2013-11-01" status="review"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.13.92" date="2014-09-22" status="candidate"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-28" status="final"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Projecte de documentació del GNOME</name>
<email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>Michael Hill</name>
<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
<email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>
<desc>Keep your account secure by changing your password often in your
account settings.</desc>
<mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright">
<mal:name>David Aguilera</mal:name>
<mal:email>david.aguilera.moncusi@gmail.com</mal:email>
<mal:years>2011</mal:years>
</mal:credit>
</info>
<title>Change your password</title>
<p>It is a good idea to change your password from time to time, especially if
you think someone else knows your password.</p>
<p>You need <link xref="user-admin-explain">administrator privileges</link>
to edit user accounts other than your own.</p>
<steps>
<item>
<p>Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui> overview and
start typing <gui>Users</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Click <gui>Users</gui> to open the panel.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Click the label <gui>·····</gui> next to <gui>Password</gui>. If you
are changing the password for a different user, you will first need to
<gui>Unlock</gui> the panel.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Enter your current password, then a new password. Enter your new
password again in the <gui>Verify New Password</gui> field.</p>
<p>You can press the <gui style="button"><media its:translate="no" type="image" src="figures/system-run-symbolic.svg" width="16" height="16">
<span its:translate="yes">generate password</span></media></gui> icon to
automatically generate a random password.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Click <gui>Change</gui>.</p>
</item>
</steps>
<p>Make sure you <link xref="user-goodpassword">choose a good
password</link>. This will help to keep your user account safe.</p>
<note>
<p>When you update your login password, your login keyring password will
automatically be updated to be the same as your new login password.</p>
</note>
<p>If you forget your password, any user with administrator privileges can
change it for you.</p>
</page>