University Computing Systems

AFS Password Expiration

This page applies to AFS accounts only !

AFS is the primary academic computing environment at NJIT; an AFS account provides access to that environment.

Password change will be enforced by expiring the password after . In the AFS Kerberos implementation in use at NJIT, days until password expiration are measured from the date of the last password change. At the point when a user's AFS password expires, that user no longer has access to his/her AFS account. However, the user still has 30 days after the date of password expiration in which to change the password (i.e., a 30-day grace period), and thus regain access to the account; this can be done via the AFS password reset utility below. After that 30-day period, the only way for a user to directly change his/her password is via UPR (Unattended Password Reset). Users may also contact the Computing Helpdesk for assistance (973.596.2900 or http://help.njit.edu/contact).

Check to see when your AFS password will expire.

Ways to change your AFS password :

• On any AFS Unix/Linux client (e.g., afs1.njit.edu - afs35.njit.edu), enter :

  kpasswd

  and follow the directions. (Remote logins should be via ssh, not telnet); or
• Use the AFS password reset utility;or
• Use UPR (Unattended Password Reset)

NOTE - lockout !! : If you are running client applications - e.g., email, ftp, etc. - that use your AFS password, you must change the password that those clients use to your current AFS password ! Why

Summary :

• Password expiration is being enforced as a security measure.
• Password expiration took effect on 09 April 2007.
• If you change your password on date "D1", that password will expire on D2 = D1 + 120 days. This means you should change your password again before D2.
• To change your AFS password : see Ways to change your AFS password