ID Change Affects Some Users

By Dr. Philip Baczewski, Associate Director of Academic Computing

May 15, 2002 brings change to some people's UNIX and Internet accounts. Some people who have been long-time users of our UNT Internet and UNIX services, have accounts established with an old Mainframe account name (aa##), instead of with a UNT EUID.

Because there is no link between Mainframe ID maintenance and Internet ID assignment, we need to phase out Mainframe IDs being used for UNT Internet Service. In fact, if a UNT Mainframe system account has been let to expire, it is possible that someone else is using that ID to log into the Mainframe. As you can see, such a situation could lead to quite a bit of confusion. Therefore, anyone holding one of those old Mainframe IDs must
begin using their EUID for all of ACS UNIX and Internet Services access (UNT network dialup, EagleMail, personal web page, and ACS UNIX login accounts).

To assist the transition to using an EUID for all UNT Internet Services (e-mail dialup, etc.), ACS staff will take the following measures:

1. we will establish and maintain a forward address so that any mail sent to the old e-mail address will be delivered to an EUID EagleMail account and you will not miss receiving any e-mail (if mail is already forwarded to another address on campus, we will maintain that forwarding for your new address as well);

2. we will transfer any saved messages you might have on the old account or to the new account;

3. we will move any files in Jove or Sol home directories from an old account to a new account;

4. we will move any files in a personal home page from the old to the new account;

5. we will establish an authentication entry for the new account with the same password as the old one (if you don't remember your password, you can always change it on the account management page at http://people.unt.edu/manage);

6. we will provide additional assistance, as necessary, to make this transition with the least possible inconvenience to you.

May 15 is the date of the changes described above. Some people may be seeing this message after the fact, in which case we apologize. However, in order to move forward in our support of UNT Internet Services it is necessary that we make the changes effective May 15. Any questions about these changes can be directed to Dr. Philip Baczewski, Associate Director of Academic Computing (baczewski@unt.edu).