Choose a password

Before you start

• You choose a password at four moments: when you sign up, when you activate an account received by invitation, after Mot de passe oublié ? (Forgot password?), and when you change it from your profile.
• The rules are the same in all four cases. They appear under the Mot de passe (Password) field. These pages are in French for everyone, so this article quotes them in French, with a translation in brackets.

Compose the password

1. Use at least 15 characters. A sentence of four or five words, spaces included, is easier to type and to remember than a string of symbols.
2. Use any characters you like. No capital letter, digit or special character is required.
3. Do not reuse your username or your email address as they are. Both are refused.
4. Keep this password for GP-Formuloo only.

Type it and confirm it

1. Type the password in Mot de passe. The eye-shaped button at the end of the field shows it in plain text, so you can check what you typed.
2. Look at the list under the field. Each criterion is ticked as soon as it is met: “Au moins 15 caractères” (At least 15 characters), “Il doit être différent de votre identifiant” (It must be different from your username), “Il doit être différent de votre adresse” (It must be different from your address).
3. Type it again in Confirmez le mot de passe (Confirm the password). The criterion “Les deux saisies sont identiques” (Both entries match) is ticked.
4. Confirm with the page’s button: Créer mon compte (Create my account) when you sign up, Enregistrer et continuer (Save and continue) on the Choisissez votre mot de passe (Choose your password) page.

If you get stuck

What you see	What to do
The password is refused, with a message under the field.	The message names the rule that is not met. Correct it, then type both fields again: they are emptied after a refusal.
The refusal is about your previous passwords.	The new password must be different from your last three. Choose another one.
All the criteria are ticked, but the password is refused.	The list does not know your previous passwords. Only the server checks them, so read the message under the field.
“Ce lien a expiré.” (This link has expired.) on the password page	The email link is no longer valid. Ask for a new one: see Sign in or Change your password.

Good to know

• Under the list, a sentence recalls the history rule: “Il doit être différent de vos 3 derniers mots de passe.” (It must be different from your last 3 passwords.) It also appears when you sign up, where it does not concern you yet.
• “Different” means “not identical”. A password that contains your username among other words is accepted.
• Saving a new password closes all your sessions. The page says so: “Toutes vos sessions seront fermées : vous vous reconnecterez avec ce nouveau mot de passe.” (All your sessions will be closed: you will sign in again with this new password.)
• Your password is never stored in plain text. The sign-in service only keeps a fingerprint of it, and the application itself has no access to it.