[auton-users] Change Your Auton Account Password

[Donghan (Jarod) Wang]

Hello Lab,

Due to the limited response, I am extending the deadline to *Mar. 28, 9pm*.
If you
don't change your password by then, you will be locked out. Please be
sure to follow the instructions I have laid forth below in order to
change your password in time for the lockout deadline.

Let me reinforce that a changed password:

   - is not the same as your current password.
   - is not obviously similar to your current password (going from
   ducttape01 to ducttape02, etc)

Also note that cpu.autonlab.org is also known as lop1.auton.cs.cmu.edu, or
lop1.autonlab.org.

Best,

Donghan



On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Donghan (Jarod) Wang
<donghanw at cs.cmu.edu>wrote:

> 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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