Activating Accounts on OIT Systems

Contents:

Introduction

In order to activate an account on OIT systems users must first activate their NetID. A NetID can be activated by going to http://netid.rutgers.edu and click on NetID Activation. (See Activating Your Account.)

Student Accounts

All matriculated students (undergraduate and graduate) are entitled to make an account on the Unix-based Instructional Computing Initiative (ICI) systems: clam.rutgers.edu for Camden students, eden.rutgers.edu for New Brunswick students, and pegasus.rutgers.edu for Newark students. (See Creating Your Account.)

NOTE: Email on the student servers (eden, clam, pegasus) will be decommissioned around July, 2014. These servers will still be available for file storage and web pages.

Faculty/Staff Accounts

All faculty and staff who are listed in the Rutgers University Online Directory may make an account on the Unix-based Research Computing Initiative (RCI) systems: andromeda.rutgers.edu for Newark, crab.rutgers.edu for Camden, and rci.rutgers.edu for New Brunswick. (See Creating Your Account.)

Administrative Accounts

Accounts are also available for approved access to administrative data on Rutadmin, the University's administrative mainframe. Access to administrative data is limited, and must be authorized by the appropriate data custodian. Applications for Rutadmin accounts are handled by Administrative Computing Services in the Administrative Services Building (ASB), Room 101, 65 Davidson Road, Busch Campus, help@acs.rutgers.edu, (732) 445-3016. The application form is also available online.

Guest Accounts

On the RCI Systems

Accounts on the RCI systems are reserved for Rutgers faculty and staff. Guest accounts are available for individuals who are conducting University business and are directly associated with the University, but are not officially on the University's payroll. A guest account can be requested by a full-time Rutgers faculty or staff member, who will be considered the University sponsor and expected to maintain contact with the guest. The sponsor must complete a guest account application form for the initial request. The signature of the sponsor's Dean, Director, or Department Chair on these forms is required to authorize the appropriateness of the University guest account and the use of University resources for the guest's particular activity. Guest accounts expire on September 30 every year. It is the responsibility of the guest account holder to renew the account every year by submitting the renewal form before the deadline.

RCI guest account application/renewal forms are available online and from the relevant campus office. Please submit completed forms to your campus office as follows:

Camden (crab.rutgers.edu)

Accounts Office, Camden Computing Services
Business and Science Building, Room 121
Tel.: (856) 225-6289, Fax: (856) 225-6436
Questions? Call between 8:30 am and 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday

New Brunswick (rci.rutgers.edu)

Accounts Office, New Brunswick Computing Services
Hill Center, 110 Frelinghuysen Road, Busch Campus
Fax: (732) 445-4263
Questions? Call the NBCS Computing Help Desk at 732-445-HELP (732-445-4357)

Newark (andromeda.rutgers.edu)

Newark Computing Services Help Desk
Hill Hall, Room 109
360 ML King Jr. Boulevard
Newark, NJ 07102
FAX: 973-353-1246
Questions? Call the NCS Help Desk at 973-353-5083

On the ICI Systems

Accounts on the ICI systems (clam.rutgers.edu, eden.rutgers.edu, pegasus.rutgers.edu) are reserved for Rutgers students. Guest accounts are available for faculty members with RCI accounts who need to be on an ICI system for instructional purposes. An online form is available for faculty members to apply for a guest account on Eden (http://www.nbcs.rutgers.edu/ic/icforms/edenguest.html). Faculty members who need help to obtain ICI system guest accounts should contact their Campus Computing Services office (see contact information above).

NOTE: Email on the student servers (eden, clam, pegasus) will be decommissioned around July, 2014. These servers will still be available for file storage and web pages.

Guest accounts are also available for students enrolled in certain joint programs between Rutgers and another institution but not registered through the Rutgers Registrar. Students eligible for ICI guest accounts should contact the supervisor of their local Campus Computing Center (see Campus Computing Center Locations) or download and fill out the following form: http://www.nbcs.rutgers.edu/newdocs/for00301/for00301.pdf.

RCI Departmental Accounts

Departmental accounts are available for departments, groups, or organizations at Rutgers that want to conduct business from a central location rather than from one user's account. The account's username reflects the group rather than an individual user. A departmental account has one "owner"--the person who is responsible for the account. The owner may designate any number of additional users. Although these accounts often represent University departments, it is also possible to get a departmental account for projects within a department, or for University-related units or organizations other than official University departments.

A Dean, Director, Department Chair, or other responsible administrator must submit the request for a departmental account. In cases where the account is to be used for units or organizations outside official departments, the person in charge of the unit or project may submit the request, but a Dean, Director, or Department Chair will be asked to endorse it so OIT can verify it is appropriate to use University resources for this activity.

To request a departmental account, please follow the procedure for your campus as follows:

Camden

Submit a departmental account request form to the Accounts Office, Camden Computing Services, Business and Science Building, Room 121, Tel.: (856) 225-6289, Fax: (856) 225-6436. The form is available from the office.

New Brunswick

A departmental account request form is available online and can be submitted online. The request must include a username for the account, plus two (2) alternative names for use in the event the first choice is unavailable (see Choosing a Username You Can Live With for details). You also need to name the owner of the account, who can then add more users if necessary. More information about departmental accounts in New Brunswick is available online.

Newark

Newark Computing Services provides a Newark Departmental Account Form in both paper format and online. The completed form should be submitted to:

Newark Computing Services Help Desk
Hill Hall, Room 109
360 ML King Jr. Boulevard
Newark, NJ 07102
FAX: 973-353-1246
Questions? Call the NCS Help Desk at 973-353-5083

NetIDs

Everyone at Rutgers is automatically assigned a NetID. (People returning to Rutgers will have NetIDs assigned from their previous career at Rutgers.) The NetID is used as the username for the email account.

Choosing a Secure Password You Can Remember

After your username has been accepted by the system, you will be asked to provide a password. There are rules governing password selection.  It is important to construct a password that is easy to remember and adheres to the following rules.

  • Your password must be at least 10 but no more than 63 characters.
  • Your password must contain a minimum of 3 character classes. The characters on the keyboard are grouped into categories known as classes. They are as follows:


    •              Lowercase letters (a-z) 
                 Uppercase letters (A-Z) 
                 Numerals (0-9) 
                 Special characters (e.g. $ * ) 

  • Spaces, tabs, colons (:) and carriage returns are not allowed.
  • You cannot re-use any of your previous 5 passwords.
  • Passwords will expire every 12 months; passwords must be changed once a year.
Creating a password that contains a minimum of 3 character classes means that you must include one character from at least 3 of the different categories. For example, ABCD+12345 would be valid because it includes characters from the uppercase, special character, and numeral character classes. (However, no one should actually choose a password as easy to guess as that example.) Another example is Abcde12345 which has upper and lower case letters and numbers.

Note:  For your own security, do not use either of the above passwords.

Creating Your Account on ICI (students)/RCI(faculty & staff)

Students

NOTE: Email on the student servers (eden, clam, pegasus) will be decommissioned around July, 2014. These servers will still be available for file storage and web pages.

All students listed in the Rutgers Online Directory are entitled to create an account on the Instructional Computing Initiative (ICI) system. Your account will give you access to Rutgers computing resources and to the internet. Account activation for all three campuses is available at the following web page:

https://netid.rutgers.edu/
Choose Service Activation and select the appropriate Student service.

Faculty & Staff

All faculty and staff listed in the Rutgers Online Directory are entitled to create an account on the Research Computing Initiative (RCI) system. Your account will give you access to Rutgers computing resources and to the internet. Account activation for all three campuses is available at the following web page:

https://netid.rutgers.edu/
Choose Service Activation and select the appropriate Faculty service.

For More Information

Questions on account creation should be directed to your local Computer Help Desk:

Camden Computing Services
Business and Science Building, Room 121
(856) 225-6274

New Brunswick Computing Services
Hill Center, Room 005, Busch Campus
(732) 445-HELP (732-445-4357)

Newark Computing Services
Hill Hall, Room 109
(973) 353-5083

Campus Computing Center Locations--Camden Campus

Business and Science Building, 1st Floor, (856) 225-6326
Campus Center, Lower Level, (856) 225-6274
Law School, Room 203
Paul Robeson Library, 1st Floor

Campus Computing Center Locations--New Brunswick Campus

Busch Campus

Allison Road Classroom Building, Rooms 111, 116, 118/199, and 121, (732) 445-2273
Digital Media Lab, Allison Road Classroom Building, Room 117, (732) 445-3129
Library of Science and Medicine, 2nd Floor, (732) 445-4933

College Avenue Campus

College Avenue Computing Center, Records Hall, (732) 932-8541
College Avenue Student Center, Lower Level, (732) 932-5007
Satellite, Behind Kreeger Learning Resource Center, (732) 932-8195
Alexander Library Graduate Student Lab, 3rd Floor, (732) 932-8541

Cook/Douglass Campuses

Cook/Douglass Computing Center, Loree, Rooms 7, 13, 23, 25, 27, (732) 932-9750
Cook Campus Computing Center, Campus Center, 2nd Floor, (732) 932-7580
Mabel Smith Douglass Library, Ground Floor, (732) 932-5024
Douglass Campus Center, 3rd Floor, (732) 932-1964

Livingston Campus

Kilmer Library, Ground Floor, (732) 445-3465
Livingston Computing Center, Tillett, Rooms 112, 114, 119, and 121, (732) 445-3465

Campus Computing Center Locations--Newark Campus

Engelhard Hall, Room 313
Hill Hall, Room 127
Help Desk: 973-353-5083