Account Overview

Logins and Passwords (Credentials)

SF State is working on a single sign-on (SSO) service based on LDAP accounts that will allow access to many online campus services using a single set of credentials. Until SSO is fully implemented some SF State services have different logins and passwords. Here are some of the account types and credentials used at SF State:

Account Type:	LDAP	AFS	Alanet	Administrative Accounts	Web Services
Used by:	E-mail, Portal (inside.sfsu.edu), Webmail (webmail.sfsu.edu)	wireless, libra.sfsu.edu, apollo.sfsu.edu, VPN	Administrative LAN/file sharing	ARM, CELIS, FACS, OSB, MVS, SIMS	mySFSU, e-mail password changes
Login	SFSU ID	E-mail account name			SFSU ID
Password	E-mail password	E-mail password			PAC
Request Account	For more information visit E-mail Central		Alanet Account Request Form (Select Create Action Request)	Administrative Account Request Form	Look up SFSU ID
Change password at:	http://www.sfsu.edu/email	http://www.sfsu.edu/email	Alanet Account Request Form (Select Modify Action Request)	Call (415) 338-1211 for information about changing your MVS/SIMS password.	SFSU ID, PAC, and Login Assistance
Notes:	LDAP accounts are created when an e-mail account is created on or moved to the Domino servers.	AFS account names are 2 to 8 characters long.

Departmental Accounts

Visit E-mail Central for links to Departmental Web and e-mail account forms.

Other logins/passwords

Lotus Notes is an e-mail program which uses internal password management, so the password used to login to Lotus Notes may be different from the LDAP password used by the other campus e-mail programs. See the Lotus Notes/Domino Password & Security Guide.
Workstations (including individual desktop and laptop computers) should require a password to login. See Securing Your Computer.

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Last Modified: 30 April 2008
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