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  • Password Help
  • What is my uNID?     What is my Password?     Password Guidelines


  • What is my uNID? Your uNID is a unique identifier that allows you to access U networks and resources.
  •     Your uNID is created by substituting a "u" for the first zero in your student ID. See the example below:


  • What is my Password?
  • If you are new to the university your default password is your birthdate in the format mmddyy or mmdd.
  • If the 6 digit format does not work, try the 4 digit format.
  • As soon as you enter your password and click the Sign-in button you should see the Change Password screen.


  • Password Guidelines:
  • Your password must be at least 8 characters or more. Your password may not match any of your previous 6 passwords.
  • For security purposes, your password should contain, but is not required to have, these elements:
    a number
    a symbol, such as $, &, @, %, _, *
    a capital letter
  • Your password may not contain quotes (", ' ) or backslash (\, /) characters.
  • A good way to create a strong password is to think of a sentence that will be easy for YOU to remember
  • -- but hard for others to guess.

  • Restrictions: Do NOT include these items in your password:
    • A date or combination of characters that look like a date, such as birthdays or anniversaries
    • License plate number or a combiation of characters resembling a plate number
    • A function key (Sun-style fn keys.)
    • Repeated patterns: ababab, 123123
    • Reversed patterns: abcccba, 987654
    • A sequence of closely related ASCII characters
    • A keyboard sequences: asdfasdf, ;lk;lk
    • Personal Information such as name or Social Security Number
    • Quotation Marks

  • Password Ideas:
  • Here are more ideas on how to create secure passwords: (DO NOT USE THESE as your password!)
  • Use Your History
    I'm the 7th of 9 children     Iam#7of9

    Ask A Question
    Are you a Utes fan, too?      RUaUte2?

    Express an Opinion
    No broccoli for me!      NoBroc4me!

    Shorten Family or Pet Names
    My 2 pets are Moses & Mandy      2pts=M&M

    Create an Equation
    My PhD cost $30,000      PhD=$30K

    Use First Letters Only
    I like to eat chocolate kisses, too      Ilteck2!

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