Help Desk

 

Holloway Hall

Password Help

While trying to minimize the amount of usernames and passwords that are used on campus through various systems, it's inevitable that at some point you are going to need help with one of your passwords. This page will help you start to troubleshoot your own passwords, and refer you to where you can get more help for the supported systems.

Network and Email

For network and email passwords, first ensure that you are using the correct username and password. For students, your username should be your first and last initials and the last five digits of your Student ID number, located on the front of your GullCard. For faculty and staff, your username is your first and middle initials and your last name. For all accounts, the password is a minimum of 8 characters long, and must have at least one lowercase and one uppercase letter and one number, cannot be anything previously used, and cannot use 3 consecutive characters that exactly match you first name, your last name, or your login id (username). Also note that once you change your password, you cannot perform another password change for 8 days.

Try to log in, either to one of the on-campus computers or to your SU email through WebAccess. If your login fails, make note of the error, and do not continue to try to log in more than twice (repeated attempts may end up locking your account for 30 minutes).

If the password fails, go to the MyPassword page and click the Forgot My Password link. Enter your username when prompted, and then enter in your EmplID (which is your seven digit student ID number on the front of the GullCard), your social security number, and your date of birth as shown, with the four digit year.

If this fails, try unchecking hide answers and repeat entry on the answers. If it still fails, try using one digit numbers instead of two digit numbers for the date of birth question (i.e., for a January birthday, try 1 instead of 01 as shown in the example).

If still unsuccessful, call or stop into the Help Desk for assistance.

If it is successful, a popup will appear. Use this window to set a new password. Give it a few minutes for the password to take effect, and try again.

If after changing your password you still experience issues, please contact the Help Desk.

myClasses@SU

myClasses@SU uses the same password as your Network and email account. Follow the steps above, and remember to give the system a few minutes after successfully changing your password in order to allow for time to synchronize the passwords between the two systems. If you still experience issues, please contact the Help Desk.

GullNet

GullNet uses the same username as the Network and email systems, but uses a different password.

Any user using the system may have a new password mailed to them by going through the Forgot My Password link on the GullNet login page. It will ask you for your username, and for the answer to a security question. Once completed, it will email a new password to you. For incoming students not yet matriculated, it will mail to the email address you provided on your application. For current students, faculty and staff it will mail to your SU email address.

It is recommended that when you receive this email, you double click the password in the email to select only the password, with no leading or trailing spaces. Then copy the password by typing CTRL-C and then paste the copied password into the password field on the GullNet login page by typing CTRL-V.

Five consecutive login failures will lock your account. For students only, Forgot My Password will also unlock your account.

If you are faculty or staff and have locked your account, or are a student, faculty or staff member who has gone through the above steps and is still in need of assistance, please call the Help Desk.

Peoplesoft Financials and Foundation Accounts

Some faculty and staff members have PeopleSoft Financials and Foundation Accounts. GullNet Financials can be accessed at http://www.salisbury.edu/gullnet/financials/financial_fdn.asp. Financials shares the same username as Network and email, but uses a separate password. Foundation accounts follow a similar pattern for their username, but with a -suf appended.

Faculty and staff members who are unable to log into Financials can call the Help Desk for assistance in unlocking their account and/or changing their password. There is no "forgot my password" option for these systems.

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