# Passwords

#### CS Members

**Definition**

A UWinID and password is required to use the resources within the School. The UWinID must be "attached" to Computer Science, meaning that you must be taking a computer science course or a course hosted on our servers, be a computer science major, or a faculty or staff member employed in Computer Science. All active students and staff should have their own UWinID username and password, which is generated and maintained by the University of Windsor Information Technology Services department (ITS). People with an active UWinID and password, and with an attachment to the school of computer science resources, either through employee group, study major, or course enrollment are automatically granted access to the linked systems listed below. Specialized members of the general public, namely alumni, prospective students, event participants, school teachers, and employers may also be granted access to some resources.

#### UWinID and Passwords

**Managing your campus password**

You can manage your campus password by visiting [UWin Account](https://account.uwindsor.ca/).

<table class="plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-notice" id="bkmrk-your-uwinid-does-not" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div style="width: 52px;">![Information_icon4.svg.png](https://help.cs.uwindsor.ca/uploads/images/gallery/2024-11/information-icon4-svg.png)</div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">Your UWinID **DOES NOT** include @uwindsor.ca. The identifier **userid@uwindsor.ca**, which is composed of the UWinID **userid** and the domain name **uwindsor.ca**, is your Microsoft account in the campus' Azure Active Directory tenant.</div></td></tr></tbody></table>

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##### Password synchronization with Computer Science 

When you change your UWinID password through [UWin Account](https://account.uwindsor.ca/), it will synchronize automatically for CS servers that use LDAP authentication at regular intervals (every 15 minutes), with the exception of the following:

- CS Active Directory accounts
- DirectAdmin accounts
- Oracle Database Server accounts

To synchronize your passwords for the services listed above with your campus password, please use the [CS Password Utility](https://auth.cs.uwindsor.ca/).

#### CS Password Utility

**Managing your Computer Science Password**

The [CS Password Utiliity](https://auth.cs.uwindsor.ca/) is an on-line self-service application designed to allow CS Members to reset their passwords and user accounts on systems and services within the School of Computer Science.

<table class="plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-notice" id="bkmrk-you-must-use-this-ut" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div style="width: 52px;">![Information_icon4.svg.png](https://help.cs.uwindsor.ca/uploads/images/gallery/2024-11/information-icon4-svg.png)</div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">You **MUST** use this utility after enabling your campus UWinID, and **each and every time you change your campus password**.</div></td></tr></tbody></table>

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**Additional non-password related functions**

This utility will also automatically resolve the following issues, if applicable:

- Remove your IP from the myweb.cs.uwindsor.ca server blacklist
- Unlock your Oracle account in the CS01 instance, if possible.

**Session results**

**[![image5.jpg](https://help.cs.uwindsor.ca/uploads/images/gallery/2024-01/scaled-1680-/image5.jpg)](https://help.cs.uwindsor.ca/uploads/images/gallery/2024-01/image5.jpg)**

#### Linked Systems  


- Computer Science Linux Desktop Servers
- Web Hosting services on **myweb.cs.uwindsor.ca** (websites, MySQL and @cs.uwindsor.ca email)
- **cswifi** Wireless Network(EAP authentication required, and checked against the CS Active Directory domain)
- CS Computer Lab Clients
- Cloud Storage (owncloud.cs.uwindsor.ca)
- Oracle Database (CS01 instance)now