ITC Domain Account Password Change Instructions: Difference between revisions
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# You will need a fairly complex password to meet the domain requirements | # You will need a fairly complex password to meet the domain requirements | ||
# Gracefully logout of your session on PasswdChange.campus.ihitc.net | # Gracefully logout of your session on PasswdChange.campus.ihitc.net | ||
## Do not "X" the window (disconnect session) because that will leave you logged into | ## Do not "X" the window (disconnect session) because that will leave you logged into that system | ||
## Full screen: "Windows Key" -> click {username} -> "Sign out" | ## Full screen: "Windows Key" -> click {username} -> "Sign out" | ||
## Partial window: [Alt + Home] -> click {username} -> "Sign out" | ## Partial window: [Alt + Home] -> click {username} -> "Sign out" | ||
Revision as of 02:16, 23 March 2014
Your ITC domain (campus.ihitc.net) account is used to provide authentication for virtual machine control, VPN access, and many other critical services. It is important that you set a secure password on this account. These instructions can be used to change your password.
Prerequisites
- You must have an active ITC (campus.ihitc.net) domain account for which you know the password (contact your instructor for more information)
- You must either be directly connected to campus.ihitc.net from a computer in a lab or have a working VPN connection to campus.ihitc.net
- Your new password must meet the complexity and length requirements
Password Change
- Use a remote desktop protocol (RDP) client to connect to PasswdChange.campus.ihitc.net
- NOTE: Be sure to set the correct domain when connecting e.g. (username@campus.ihitc.net) or (campus\username)
- NOTE: If you are on a Windows system you can use the built in Microsoft Terminal Services RDP client by opening a Run dialog box and running "mstsc.exe" or finding "Remote Desktop Connection" in your programs list or start menu
- Send Ctrl+Alt+Del to the PasswdChange.campus.ihitc.net system. Pressing Ctrl+Alt+End on your keyboard is a substitute for Ctrl+Alt+Del while inside a RDP session
- Select the "Change a password..." option and follow the prompts to change your password
- You will need a fairly complex password to meet the domain requirements
- Gracefully logout of your session on PasswdChange.campus.ihitc.net
- Do not "X" the window (disconnect session) because that will leave you logged into that system
- Full screen: "Windows Key" -> click {username} -> "Sign out"
- Partial window: [Alt + Home] -> click {username} -> "Sign out"
- End your VPN session. If you hesitate to close your VPN session, you will be disconnected soon because the old password is no longer valid for our VPN
- Start a new VPN session using your new password
- Connect to PasswdChange.campus.ihitc.net to verify you have full connectivity to the domain
- Once you have verified full functionality of your new password in this manner, you can log off PasswdChange.campus.ihitc.net as described above