Passwords

Dearborn students are provided with access to two systems, each with its own password.

• Kerberos Password - access to your Dearborn Home Directory, on-line CTools database, and the UMOD in Ann Arbor.
• Dearborn Password - access to Email and lab access for the ITS, SOM, CASL, and SOE computer labs.

A good password should be at least eight characters long and contain MIxeD cAsE letters, numbers, and punctuation. Passwords should be something you can easily remember, yet hard for someone else to guess. Picking letters from a phrase that's meaningful to you may be the source for a good password. In this way, your password is really a "pass phrase." ("A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" could be ARbyAoNWSaS.)

If you have had the same password for more than 6 months, have visited another city or campus and logged onto a system there, or if your password does not meet current standards you should change your password(s).

Using the Dearborn On-line Directory
  Click on My Account
  Type in your uniqname, click on Continue
  Type in your current email password and click on Continue once more
  In the left hand information bar, select Password
  Enter your current password and TAB to next line
  Enter your new password, TAB and enter your new password again
  Click on the Change Password bar to submit the change.

Using the Ann Arbor On-line Directory
  At the login prompt, enter your uniqname
  Enter your current kerberos password
  From the Service Menu, select Change your umich.edu Kerberos Password
  Enter Current Password, Enter new password, retype new password
  If your password has been accepted, you will be prompted to enter a Hint
  and Challenge to assist you in remembering your password in the future.
  Return to the Service Menu to Logout.