ITS Tech Tips: Wildcat Passwords

Changing Your

Wildcat Password

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Table of Contents

The Wildcat Account and Password
Where It Works
Don't Let It Expire!
Password Etiquette

Change Your Password on a Campus Mac
GroupWise
NetWare

Change Your Password on a Campus PC
GroupWise
NetWare

Change Your Password From Off Campus
GW Web
The Wildcat Connection

Students Only - www.cwu.edu/mypassword
Requirements
Where To Go

The Wildcat Account and Password

Where It Works

Your Wildcat account and password work in the following areas:

NetWare, Windows Workstations, Wildcat Connection, Blackboard, Shared & Personal File System Space, GroupWise Email, GroupWise Messenger, PeopleSoft Self Service, VPN Connections, Safari, Wireless, NetStorage, Dial-in Modems, IP Host Registration, Creating Guest Wildcat Accounts, Connection Card Balance, eGuide, and Peregrine Self Service.

Don't Let It Expire!

By order of the university auditor and in compliance with good security measures, passwords must be changed on a regular basis. For students that means a new one every 180 days; staff must change theirs every 90 days.

Passwords will expire after that time period. IF YOUR PASSWORD HAS EXPIRED, YOU CANNOT LOG IN. This means you can't check e-mail, grades, etc; GroupWise, Safari, Network access will be denied to you if you let your password expire.

Password Etiquette

When changing your password, remember the following:

Your password must be 8 to 14 characters long and cannot contain any blanks or special characters. You can, however, pick a mixture of upper and lower case letters as well as numbers. You should pick a new password every time.

And most importantly about your password, DON'T GIVE IT OUT! Your password is your responsibility.

There are many ways to change your Wildcat password. This page provides instruction for the ways to do so. It does not matter what type of computer you have although for ease of use, we've broken it down to Campus Macs, Campus PC's, and off-campus access.

Special Notes: If you are a staff member and do not know your password or your password does not seem to be working, please call the ITS Help Desk at ext. 2001. The instructions for staff on this page assume you know your current password and just need to change it. Students can also use these instructions if they know their password but if they don't, they can use a special web site to change it rather than call the Help Desk. See the Students Only section of this page.

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Change Your Password on a Campus Mac

GroupWise

You can go through the GroupWise client to change your Wildcat password.

From the main GroupWise window,

• Click on GroupWise, Preferences.
• Click on the Security button along the left-hand side.
• Click on the Change Password button.

• Fill in the fields as appropriate and click OK.

Note: You may get a warning window about having insufficient privileges to make any changes such as the one you just did. This message can be ignored; click OK to exit the warning window.

The new password is effective immediately.

NetWare

You can change your password at any time once you are logged into the CWU network with NetWare.

• Click on the NetWare tree in the menu bar and select NDS Logout to bring up the NetWare for Mac client window.

• Click on the Change Password button at the bottom left.

• Fill in the appropriate fields and click Change Password.

The new password is effective immediately.

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Change Your Password on a Campus PC

GroupWise

You can go through the GroupWise client to change your Wildcat password.

From the main GroupWise window,

• Click on Tools, Options, and double-click on the Security icon.

• Fill in the fields as appropriate and click OK.

The new password is effective immediately.

NetWare

You can change your password at any tim once you are logged into the Novell network.

• Press the Ctrl + Alt + Del keys on the keyboard.
• Click on the Change Password button.
• Fill out the appropriate fields and click OK.

The new password is effective immediately.

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Change Your Password From Off Campus

GW Web

If you are using GroupWise on the web and want to change your password,

• Click on the Options hyperlink at the top right corner of the screen.
• Click on the Password tab.

• Fill in the fields as appropriate and click Save.

The new password is effective immediately.

• Logout out of GroupWise web when done.

The Wildcat Connection

From any computer with an internet connection,

• Log into the Wildcat Connection from the main CWU Home page at http://www.cwu.edu.
• Click on the Change Password navigational link on the left side menu.

• Type in your current password.
• Type in a new password of your choosing and verify by typing it in again in the last field.
• Click OK.

The new password is effective immediately.

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Students Only - www.cwu.edu/mypassword

Requirements

If you are a student and want to change your password, you can do so online but need your student ID and PIN.

For more information on student access, please visit the ITS Help Desk Student FAQ page at

http://www.cwu.edu/~helpdesk/student_faq.html

Where To Go

From any computer, on or off campus, simply go to the following internet address:

http://www.cwu.edu/mypassword

This will redirect you to a secure server page where you can change your password.

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Page last updated 11/12/09. Send questions or comments to ITS Training.