Accounts

UW Physics/HEP email account

It is possible to have a name@physics.wisc.edu or name@hep.wisc.edu email account linked to your UW–Madison email account.

• request account: help@physics.wisc.edu

UW Physics Kerberos/AFS/SMB/unix Account

• request account: help@physics.wisc.edu
• how to change password: see here
• policies: UW AUP
• uses:
  • physics.wisc.edu AFS
  • physics.wisc.edu SMB
  • ssh access to login.physics.wisc.edu (Linux)
  • Condor job submission

UW NetID

• guest accounts: see here
• how to change password: see here
• uses:
  •  required by many UW web applications
• Things to do before leaving UW Madison

UW HEP Kerberos/AFS/unix Account

• request account: help@hep.wisc.edu
• how to change password: see here
• policies: UW AUP
• uses:
  • hep.wisc.edu AFS
  • ssh access to login.hep.wisc.edu (Linux)
  • Condor job submission

General Advice On Safe Computing

• Use different passwords for different accounts.
• Be wary of emails that direct you to reveal your password or other personal information in any way.
• When logging into a web page, look at the URL.  If the network domain of the URL is not the one associated with your account, think twice.  For example, when logging in with your NetID, the URL should be https://login.wisc.edu, not https://login.wisc.stealpasswords.com.
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