[auton-users] Change Your Auton Account Password

[Donghan (Jarod) Wang]

Hi Lab (including Neill Users),

You are receiving this message because a public facing Auton Lab host was
compromised.  Because we use NIS for authentication, I am requiring
everyone to first change their passwords immediately, and then generate a
new SSH key. You have 24 hours to change your password before I disable
your account.

To change your password
=====================

1) Login to cpu.autonlab.org as you normally would.
2) Run yppasswd to change your password.

Choose a password you haven't previously used with this account.

Staff users, do NOT try to change your password on your local machine.
You need to login to cpu.autonlab.org and change it there, since it is
the NIS password that needs to be changed.

To generate a new SSH key
======================

1) Login to cpu.autonlab.org
2) Change the directory to .ssh by

cd ~/.ssh
3) Generate a new SSH key by
*

ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "<your_email>@<youremail>. <your_email at youremail.com>
cmu.edu"
*
4) When asked to enter a file in which to save the key, just press enter.
5) Now you need to enter a passphrase. Passphrase is essential to protect
your new SSH key; it should be different from the password. You can change
it by running the command: ssh-keygen -p

ssh-agent
========
The ssh-agent can be used to store your passphrase so that you do not have
to enter it each time you make a ssh or scp connection.
1) At a shell prompt, type the following command:

exec /usr/bin/ssh-agent $SHELL
2) Then type the command:

ssh-add
and enter your passphrase(s). If you have more than one key pair
configured, you will be prompted for each one.
3) When you log out, your passphrase(s) will be forgotten. You must execute
these two commands each time you log in to a virtual console or open a
terminal window.



Again, any accounts which have not changed the password within 24 hours
will be temporarily disabled.  To get your account re-enabled, you will
need contact me.

Drop me an email to confirm you have changed your password as soon as you
have done so.

Thank you in advance,
Jarod
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