To change your e-mail password using an SSh session, follow the instructions below.

1. Make a ssh connection to Ada. If you are using a lab computer, follow the instructions for the platform you are using:
   • On an Apple, click on the Terminal application in the dock.  Type ssh username@brynmawr.edu and press enter. 
   • On a Windows PC, click on the start menu and locate the Network Tools folder and the PuTTY icon.  Click once on the PuTTY icon to start the program.
   
    
2. Login to Ada, using your username and current password.
    
3. At the UNIX prompt, type passwd to start the password changing program.
   • For most users, the UNIX prompt will be ada>. If yours does not look like this, do not panic. You may have changed your prompt, or may have had a friend do this for you. Your prompt may also simply be a $ or %. If you asked for your password to be reset, the password changing program may start automatically.
     
      
4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
   • First you will be asked to enter your current "login password". This is the same password that you have just used to enter the system. Type the password and press [Enter].
     
   • If your old password is not accepted, you will be returned to the UNIX prompt. You should try to run the password changing program again if this is the case.
   • Pick your password. Your new password must conform to the regulations listed on the main Changing your Password page.
   
    
5. When you are returned to the UNIX prompt, your password has been successfully changed. Type logout or exit to exit the system.

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