openSUSE has the ability to help a user choose a suitable new password that meets the corporate security policy. The underlying PAM module retrieves the current password policy settings from the domain controller. It informs about the specific password quality requirements a user account typically has by means of a message at login time. Like the Windows counterpart, openSUSE presents a message describing:
Password history settings
Minimum password length requirements
Minimum password age
Password complexity
The password change process cannot succeed unless all possible requirements have been successfully satisfied. Feedback about the password status is given both through the display managers and the console.
GDM and KDM provide feedback about password expiration and prompt for new passwords in an interactive mode. To change passwords in the display managers, just provide the password information when prompted to do so.
To change your Windows password, you can use the standard Linux utility, passwd, instead of having to manipulate this data on the server. To change your Windows password, proceed as follows:
Log in at the console.
Enter passwd.
Enter your current password when prompted to do so.
Enter the new password.
Reenter the new password for confirmation. If your new password does not comply with the policies on the Windows server, this feedback is given to you and you are prompted for another password.
To change your Windows password from the GNOME desktop, proceed as follows:
Click the icon on the left edge of the panel.
Select .
From the section, select .
Enter your old password.
Enter and confirm the new password.
Leave the dialog with to apply your settings.
To change your Windows password from the KDE desktop, proceed as follows:
Select from the main menu.
Select .
Click .
Click .
Enter your current password.
Enter and confirm the new password and apply your settings with .
Leave the with .