1 #use wml::db.d.o title="Lost or Forgotten password"
6 If you have lost or forgotten your LDAP password, you can have it reset
7 by sending a PGP signed message to the <a href="doc-mail.html">mail
10 echo "Please change my Debian password" | gpg --clearsign | mail chpasswd@db.debian.org
12 echo "Please change my Debian password" | pgp -fast | mail chpasswd@db.debian.org
14 The daemon will then respond with a new randomized password encrypted
15 with your key. You can then use the
16 <a href="https://db.debian.org/login.html">SSL Web pages</a> to change your
17 password to something you can remember. You cannot set a new password via the
21 Alternatively, you can do without a password and use PGP to manipulate your
22 LDAP information through the <a href="doc-mail.html">mail gateway</a> and use
23 SSH RSA Authentication to access the servers. To setup OpenSSH for RSA you
24 need to first generate a private RSA key using <tt>ssh-keygen</tt> and select
25 a good passphrase for it. Then send the public portion of the key to the LDAP
28 gpg --clearsign < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | mail changes@db.debian.org
31 <p><b>NB:</b> Only version 2 RSA keys are accepted. Version 1 RSA
32 keys (i.e. identity.pub files) will not work.</p>
35 You can then use this key to authenticate to the machines. Using ssh-agent
36 (automatically run by Debian's X configuration) you can use ssh-add to 'cache'