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Changing Your Password for Your Unix Account

The public pages for on-line courses are published on a Unix machine. Your user name is the identical to your WebCT ID; however, your passwords are not. Your default password on the machine where your public pages reside (student.ccbcmd.edu) is a randomly generated, eight character password that is easy to forget.

If You Forget Your Password: If you forget your Unix password, please contact Don Stitz by phone (410-455-4513) or by email to have it reset.

To Change Your Password: To change your password to something that is more user-friendly:

  • Click on the START button
  • Select Run
  • In the text field type: telnet student.ccbcmd.edu (Be sure there is a space between the command "telnet" and the name of the server, "student.ccbcmd.edu
  • You will be prompted to enter your username and password
  • You will also probably be prompted for a terminal type. Type in vt100 for the terminal type.
  • To change the password for your account, type (without the quotes) "passwd" followed by Return or Enter
  • You will be prompted to enter your old password twice.
  • After entering your old password, you will be prompted to enter your new password preferences.
Updated: March 19, 2003