Accounts and Passphrases

Accounts and Passphrases

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Overview

Eligibility	Who may have accounts, sponsored accounts, accounts for retired faculty and staff, who is eligible for Guest accounts, temporary network access
Glossary	Definitions of common terms
Logging in at IU	Network ID, usernames, Guest accounts, ADS, CAS
Your responsibilities as a computer user at IU	What you can and can't do with your computing accounts

Common tasks and troubleshooting

Accounts	Creating your first accounts, seeing what accounts you have, getting more accounts
Account termination	When you leave IU, extensions, keeping an IU email address after you graduate
IU Address Book listings	When your listing will appear, how to change your information
Passphrases	Passwords and passphrases, forgotten passphrase, set or synchronize your passphrase, choosing a secure passphrase
Quotas	Quotas, quota problems, request a quota increase

Types of accounts

In addition to the accounts listed below, your school or department may offer student, faculty, or staff accounts on its servers. Check with your school or departmental technology office for more information.

Email	Imail, Umail, Cyrus/Webmail, Exchange/Outlook/Outlook Web Access, BES
File storage	RFS, MDSS
Instructional database	Oracle, Mentor, ColdFusion, Microsoft SQL Server
Logging in at IU	Network ID, usernames, Guest accounts, ADS, CAS
Printing	Eligibility, get a printing account, printing allotments
Research systems	Big Red, Quarry, Research Database Complex
Web space	Personal pages, group and departmental pages, course pages

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