Can we change our passwords?

February 24, 2003 1:04 PM

Is there a way for a user to change their account's password? No pressing need or anything, just wondering, as I like to change my various passwords from time to time.
posted by PinkStainlessTail to Etiquette/Policy at 1:04 PM (22 comments total)

Only one way, email Matt, but ideally only if it's a pressing need.
posted by riffola at 2:08 PM on February 24, 2003

Thanks! Definitely not worth bugging Matt about.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 2:18 PM on February 24, 2003

How do we know you aren't someone who got PST's password somehow and now just want to change it to keep the real PST out? ;-P
posted by mischief at 3:08 PM on February 24, 2003

Yeah, say something only PST would say.
posted by Yelling At Nothing at 3:37 PM on February 24, 2003

I do not believe that infrequent password alternation poses a significant security risk to the community, at least insofar as it would necessitate a technical solution.

But what do I know, I'm only using this account because Hildago forgot to log out properly.
posted by Hildago at 3:42 PM on February 24, 2003

I'm only using this account because Hildago forgot to log out properly

Clearly not -- you spelled his (your) name correctly.
posted by gleuschk at 3:59 PM on February 24, 2003

I may be a homeless guy at the library, but I do my research.
posted by Hildago at 9:51 PM on February 24, 2003

People log out? I'll be damned!
posted by Tarrama at 7:01 AM on February 25, 2003

Yeah, say something only PST would say.

That would take two posts:

Post 1) Emphatic statement of this or that, random accusation of something or other, etc.

Post 2) "Oh wait I'm totally, utterly wrong about that!"
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 9:26 AM on February 25, 2003

That would take two posts:

No that's me, you hoodwinker!
posted by walrus at 9:49 AM on February 25, 2003

Sorry, my mistake.
posted by walrus at 9:50 AM on February 25, 2003

PST: All you need to do is post your old password here in this forum, along with what you want the new one to be. We'll take care of everything from there...
posted by byort at 10:22 AM on February 25, 2003

No, byort, that won't work. Don't you know that Matt's got it set up so that if you type your password here, it gets encoded? Look, here's mine: ******. It'll show up as just asterisks. Isn't that cool?

please, please don't believe me.
posted by gleuschk at 11:12 AM on February 25, 2003

Ha, ha, ha. Regardless of how they try, no one will ever be able to crack my user account. It's impenetrable! My password is the most awesome, coolest password ever. I mean, who could ever guess that my password is shadowfax?!
posted by vraxoin at 11:56 AM on February 25, 2003

Wait - I'm confused, is the ?! part of the password? Cause I'm trying it and it doesn't seem to be working. Dammit. Must hack vraxoin's account!!!
posted by jonson at 1:13 PM on February 25, 2003

GIve me your e-mail address jonson, and I will send you vraxoin's real password. For $10, I will throw in his credit card number as well.
posted by dg at 2:25 PM on February 25, 2003

"swordfish". It's always "swordfish"
posted by rusty at 2:30 PM on February 25, 2003

joshua5
posted by vito90 at 8:08 PM on February 25, 2003

jonson: ?! isn't part of the password. It's the username.

Geez. I thought everyone knew that. Damn 14kers.
posted by ?! at 6:06 AM on February 26, 2003

shadowfax

I think I have an album by them...
posted by Shane at 6:53 AM on February 26, 2003

Jonson, of course you couldn't hack my user account. As soon as I saw that I'd inadvertantly posted my password here to MeTa, I asked Matt to change it to "s0fuXxoringL33t".
posted by vraxoin at 8:05 AM on February 26, 2003

This entire thread makes me smile, if not outright giggle, a very welcome thing in light of the ugliness of the organ transplant immigration screed. Thanks!
posted by jonson at 10:24 AM on February 26, 2003