MSU NetID Change Password - TB142

Overview

This article will help you change your MSU NetID password, provided that you already know it.

If you do not already know what your password is, please refer to Techbase article TB141 for more information on resetting your password.

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In your web browser, go to https://netid.msu.edu/changepw.html.

Change password

The information needed for this page is as follows:

• NetID: Your MSUNetID, which is the first part (before the @msu.edu) of your MSU email address.
• Current Password: Your current password that you use to log in with.
• New Password: The new password you wish to use.
• Your MSU NetID password must be at least eight characters long and contain at least three of the four following character types:
  • one or more upper case letters (ie: ABCD)
  • one or more lower case letters (ie: abcd)
  • one or more numeric characters (ie: 1234)
  • one or more special characters (non-alphanumeric characters such as *&%$#@)
• NOTE: If you will be using a MSU Computer Classroom, your password should not exceed 15 characters in length. The Computer Classroom login is limited to 15 characters.
• Verify New Password: The new password you wish to use.

The new password for your account will be used for your email, Computer Classroom login, and any other MSU website login that you have access to (where a NetID is required). You will enter this in twice in the necessary lines. Your password should follow the requirements that are listed.

Once you have entered in all necessary fields, click "Change Password" to continue.

New NetID password change policy as of July 17, 2006

In an effort to make MSU NetID passwords more secure, we have implemented tighter Kerberos password policies. The first of these changes concerns enforcement of MSU NetID password histories.

As of July 17, 2006, a previous MSU NetID password can only be reused every fifth time; in other words, if you change or reset your MSU NetID password, you won't be able to change it to a password you have used the last four times you made the change. The Kerberos database will keep track of previous MSU NetID passwords and disallow their reuse until you have used four other, unique passwords previous to your current password change or reset. For example, if you change your MSU NetID password to "mdlE3pfb", you will not be able to change your password to "mdlE3pfb" again until the fifth time you need to change or reset your password.

Please note that there will be time restrictions set in place in order to deter rapid password changes; you must wait at least one hour between password changes. However, there are no plans to institute a global password expiration period at this time.

Password history error messages:
An attempt to change your password to any of the four previously used passwords in your password history will return the following error message: "The requested password is in your password history. Please use a different one. Error! Could not set your password."

Additionally, an attempt to change or reset your password sooner than one hour since the last change or reset, will return the following error message: "You must wait one hour before changing your password. Error! Could not set your password."