Your password is very important! It prevents other people from logging into your username and looking at (or changing, or even deleting) your files. Your password should be something only you know. Passwords can be between 6 and 14 characters long, and can include letters and numbers. Try to think of something that your friends would not be able to guess - avoid using your first name, birth date, dog’s name, car registration, etc.
Initially, all students will have a number as their password. The first six times you login, you will be asked to change your password. If you don’t change it within these six times, you won’t be able to login again.
- For security reasons, passwords are displayed on the screen as asterisks.
- To change your password you must already be logged into the network.
You must not give your password to anyone else. There are safer ways to share files if that is required, including using e-mail or granting other users restricted rights to specific files you own. If you do give someone else your password, or leave your username logged on unattended, you are still responsible for how it is used.
LUCAS password
If you have forgotten your LUCAS password and you are currently a student at Lincoln, then please go to http://selfservice.lincoln.ac.nz to change your password. If you are no longer a currently registered student at Lincoln University, contact the IT Service Desk (ithelp@lincoln.ac.nz) to get your LUCAS password reset.
Changing your password
Off-campus
If you studied in the previous year and did not reset your password before leaving campus, please use one of the following links.
If you know your existing password, and wish to change it, use the following page:
Change my Password
If you have forgotten your existing password and you have previously set up your secret questions you can try to reset it here:
I've forgotten my password
If you haven't setup your 3 secret questions you should do so now. If you are off campus you will be prompted for your Username and password.
If you can't change your password using the links above, please bring your ID Card to the IZone if you are an undergraduate student, or the Service Desk at H121 if you are a Postgrad or Staff member.
Staff changing passwords on their laptop while remote should note that this will not change the 'cached' password on the laptop until such time as the laptop is plugged into the Lincoln network again.
On-campus
Your password can be changed on campus from within the SYSTEM NOTICES window. This window displays automatically when you login to a computer or it can be shown by clicking onto the icon "Network Information" from your desktop. The change password section should look like this:
NOTE:
Off-campus access to resources such as Learn@Lincoln MAY not be operational until the start of the semester. You will be able to change your password, but you may not be able to access protected resources, such as Learn@Lincoln. The Webmail application should, however, allow you to access your Lincoln email over the web.