That may be the case. However, I have a user in my department with a 3
character MSU Net ID. So even that would somewhat taint the information.
All other information about the restrictions appear to be true.
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-----Original Message-----
From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Cheryl Akers
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 12:46 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Maximum length of a msunet id
I'm pretty sure the MSU Net ID is the login NAME not the Password.
At 12:41 PM 4/26/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>I don't know about mail.msu.edu, but logging into eHR Services *is*
>case sensitive (I just tried it). So telling people it's not case
>sensitive may be a bad idea.
>
>Gene
>
>On 4/26/2004 12:30 PM, STeve Andre' wrote:
>>
>> I was just informed that passwords for an MSU Net id can only be 6
>>to 8 characters, alpha or numeric only, no other characters allowed,
>>case insensitive.
>>
>> This is news to me. Is this really true? I just got this from a
>>consultant. I'm having a hard time believing this. I've been
>>encouraging my people to make up longer passwords, sigh.
>>
>>--STeve Andre'
>>Political Science
>>
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>Gene Willacker
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Cheryl
Cheryl Akers, MS, CNA - [log in to unmask]
Microcomputer Support - Microbiology and Molecular Genetics 2228C
Biomedical Physical Sciences Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
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