The other day on The Linux Cast, we talked a lot about security, and one of the things that we talked about was changing your password. Now, I use a password manager for the things that matter, so it’s quite easy to change passwords when needed.

For the stuff on my computer, however, I’m not as dillgent as I should be. Namely with my ssh and Linux passwords. I used simple easy to type passwords. Not ‘password’ or ‘123’ or anything like that, but still, simple. The conversation the boys and I had, however, got me thinking about how I should probably change the ssh passphrase at the very least.

So I did.

And I hate it.

I’ve had the same password to unlock my computers for years. And now it’s different, and goodness, I can’t seem to remember that. Everytime I come back to my computer and have to unlock it, or have to type in my ssh passphrase, I get it wrong. Over and over again. It’s been three days. How long will it take before I remember that my passwords have changed?

I’m sure I’ll get used to it, but I didn’t expect this to be that hard. By the time I get used to this password, I’ll probably feel the need to change it again.