Change Password

• Changes the login Password for the current Sesame User.

• Fields

• Change Password

• General Comments
• See Also

Fields

• Old Password is the current Password.
• New Password is the New Password.
• New Password (Retry) is the confirmation of the New Password.

Change Password

This changes the Password for the current Sesame User.

1. Make the Main Application Window active.
2. On the Options menu click Change Password.
3. Type the Old Password in the Old Password field, and the New password in the New Password and New Password (Retry) fields.
4. Click Change Password.

Note

• For security reasons, the password fields do not show the characters that the user types. Instead, they display a character different from the one typed, usually an asterisk or a dot.

General Comments

• To get the Change Password popup, on the Options menu click Change Password.
• The plain-text version of the Password never leaves the client computer.
• Only the MD5 encrypted version of the Password travels over the Net, and is stored in the Sesame database.
• A forgotten Password can not be recovered, but it can be reset.
• To reset a forgotten Password, contact a Sesame Administrator.

See also

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