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- First and foremost, NEVER give your password to anyone. ``Anyone'' means your coworkers, your spouse, your systems administrator. In the event of an emergency, the IT Help Desk can change your password. Your systems administrator or IT Help Desk never has a need to know your personal password. If someone needs to get onto our machines, and has a reason to be here, do not give them access to your account. Speak to the IT Help Desk staff about us setting up an account for them. We would be very happy to give them one.
- Make your password something you can remember. Do not write it down. If you really, honestly forget your password, we can easily give you a new, temporary one. We'd rather set your password once a month because you forgot it than have someone find it written down and gain unauthorized access to your account.
- Make your password difficult for others to guess. This is not as hard as it initially seems. See the section above on choosing a good password.
DO NOT change your password because of mail from someone claiming to be your systems administrator, supposedly needing access to your files!! This is a popular scam in some circles. Remember, your systems administrator never needs your password for any reason. If someone needs to ask you to change your password so that they can gain entry to your account, they do not have reason to be there.
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