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Change Password
Menu path: Accessories > Change Password
With this function, the user can change the password or PIN for the login method he used for his current session, provided one of the following login methods was used:
- Active Directory with username and password
- Active Directory with third-party smartcard
- IGEL smartcard
- Local user password
The Change Password function starts when the user clicks the password change button in the dialog informing him that a change of password is required. This dialog is presented after login.
For details of how to use the Change Password function, see Using "Change password" function.
The settings for starting the function are described below.
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Starting Methods for Session
☑ The session can be launched from the start menu.
☑ The session can be launched with the Application Launcher.
☑ The session can be launched with a program launcher on the desktop.
☑ The session can be launched with the quick start panel.
☑ The session can be launched with the start menu's system tab.
☑ The session can be launched with the Application Launcher's system tab.
☑ The session can be launched with the desktop context menu.
Possible values:
- None: No password is requested when launching the session.
- Administrator: The administrator password is requested when launching the session.
- User: The user password is requested when launching the session.
- Setup user: The setup user's password is requested when launching the session.
☑ The session can be started with a hotkey. A hotkey consists of one or more modifiers and a key.
Ctrl
.
Do not use [AltGr] as a modifier (represented as Mod5
). Otherwise, the key that is configured as a hotkey with AltGr cannot be used as a regular key anymore. Example: If you configure [AltGr] + [E] as a hotkey, it is impossible to enter an "e".
These are the pre-defined modifiers and the associated key symbols:
- (No modifier) =
None
=
Shift
- [Ctrl] =
Ctrl
=
Mod4
When this keyboard key is used as a modifier, it is represented as
Mod4
; when it is used as a key, it is represented asSuper_L
.- [Alt] =
Alt
Key combinations are formed as follows with |
:
- Ctrl +
=
Ctrl|Super_L
user
and enter xev -event keyboard
. Press the key to be used for the hotkey. The text in brackets that begins with keysym
contains the key symbol for the Key field. Example: Tab
in (keysym 0xff09, Tab)