Changing passwords on www.ucsc.edu
DRAFT

Even though ITS provides technical support in the implementation and maintenance of the www.ucsc.edu server, it is managed by the Public Information Office which sets its policies and procedures.

Description

The accounts you were given on pioweb have temporary passwords that you need to change. This page has instructions specific for MS-Windows users on how to change your password. There is no Mac or UNIX solution at this time.

MS-Windows 2000/NT users

If you have access to a MS Windows 2000/NT machine, you can change your password using the usual Windows 2000/NT protocol (use your username in the UCSCNT domain).

1. Open the MS Windows Explorer, then click on the Map network drive button (or select the Map network drive... in the Tools menu). In the window that pops up:
   1. In the Path: box, enter \\pioweb\webroot$.
   2. In the Connect As: box, enter ucscnt\username (where username is your own username as known in the UCSCNT domain).
   3. Click OK.
2. Press CTRL-ALT-DEL, then click the Change password button. In the window that pops up:
   1. In the Username box, enter your UCSCNT username.
   2. In the Old password box, enter your current password.
   3. In the next two boxes, enter your new password. Type carefully since you won't see what you type.
   4. Click OK. Shortly after you should see a pop-up box with the message Password has been changed.

Mac users

At this time Mac users cannot change their password from their machine. A web-based solution might be available in the future, depending on available funding.

Unix users

At this time UNIX users cannot change their password from their machine. A web-based solution might be available in the future, depending on available funding.