Password Changing for Normal User

alan alan at clueserver.org
Wed Mar 1 22:50:12 UTC 2006


On Wed, 1 Mar 2006, shrek-m at gmx.de wrote:

> On 01.03.2006 20:30, David Timms wrote:
>
>> Given that good security is based on having strong passwords that change 
>> over time, hiding the capability under About Me is really no go. It's 
>> probably to late to change for FC5, but I would suggest at the minimum 
>> changing the hint that is shown when the mouse is held over the About Me 
>> entry from:
>> Set your personal information
>> to:
>> Set your personal information and user password
>> 
>> And the title to "About me and my account". (or login)
>> 
>> There would then be a slim chance that a user would actually find it! What 
>> do others think ?
>
>
> unfortunately my max. resolution is 848x480  instead 1280x1024
>
> please keep it small
>
> "about me"
> "Persoenliche Angaben"    (in german)
>
> is more than enough info to find the possibilty to change the password
>
> please do not change it to
>
> "about me and my account"
> "Persoenliche Angaben und mein Benutzerkonto"    (in german)

It could also be in the FAQ.  (Not that anyone reads documentation these 
days.)

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