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I fully realize how hard it is to get people to do things like change passwords. It's like herding cats. However, if almost 10% of the staff and faculty haven't yet changed their passwords, I think the publicity effort has failed somewhat. I'm not being snarky here, but these figures mean that some interesting number of things are going to be derailed on 9/27. I'm one of those 1788, so I can monitor the stuff going out; I've been sending email to my group about the change to help prod, but I have no idea how many need help, etc in my department. It would be really good to have this info passed out tomorrow (hard I know), or silently let those users still use their old passwords and work on letting dept. heads, etc know about those who didn't make the change. --STeve Andre' Political Science On Thursday 22 September 2005 16:45, Scott Thomas wrote: > We believe we have done just about everything we can to notify individuals > about this change. > > In the NAG meeting back in April, I indicated that we were not planning on > producing and providing all of these lists unless the situation seemed to > indicate that it was necessary. We instead planned on monitoring "the > numbers", running an intensive advertising campaign, and making sure the > help desks were sufficiently staffed to handle any problems. > > The numbers at this point are: > Faculty/Staff: > * 1788 of roughly 18,000 faculty/staff/adjunct/etc. need to change their > passwords. > * Only 25 users of the RO web systems (out of just under 1,000) and 128 > instructors (out of 3,320) have not changed their passwords. The names of > these individuals were emailed to security administrators by the registrar > today. > > Students: > 1335 of roughly 44,000+ current students need to change their passwords. > > In preparation for this change we have done the following: > (listed in FAQ at the link at the bottom of http://help.msu.edu/password/ > > Emails: > --------- > * First e-mail, 2nd week of June. > * Second e-mail, 2nd week of July. > * Third e-mail, 2nd week of August. > * Fourth e-mail, 2nd week of September. > * Final e-mails on 9/21,9/22,9/23 and 9/26. > * A separate e-mail from the registrar to college security administrators > indicating the instructors in > their areas that haven't changed their password. > * A separate e-mail message to Deans, Directors, and Chairs. > * Multiple e-mails with updates to university system administrators. > > Additional Advertising included: > -------------------------------- > * 1/4 page advertisements in the State News on 9/21,9/22,9/23 and 9/26. > * Web banner on the State News website during the final week. > * Login banners on mail.msu.edu, microlabs.msu.edu, angel.msu.edu, eHR, > StuInfo, faculty/staff FSRA > system, and other key systems. > * Banner information provided to university housing to run on the housing > channel. > * Information provided to student radio for PSA. > * Article in "The Source". > * Articles in computing.msu.edu. > > With all of the notifications we have sent over various types of media we > believe we have done just about all that we can to inform individuals that > this change is needed. > > > /Scott Thomas > > > Scott G. Thomas > Division Manager, Client Services > Academic Computing & Network Services > Michigan State University > East Lansing, MI 48824 > (517) 353-1862 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Chris Wolf > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 3:55 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [MSUNAG] FW: [MSUNAG] Mailings warning of Sep 26 password change > deadline > > Any word on our ability to get lists of our department users who have not > made the change? I was just asked for this information by my chairperson. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > > Behalf Of Richard Wiggins > > Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 11:20 AM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: [MSUNAG] Mailings warning of Sep 26 password change deadline > > > > Tom Davis sent the attached to deans, directors, and chairs today. We > > will also be sending the 5th notice to those who have not changed > > their passwords. Additional notices targeted to those who must still > > change will go out next week. > > > > /rich > > > > >Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:19:41 -0400 > > >From: Tom Davis <[log in to unmask]> > > >Subject: MSU NetID password change deadline looming > > >To: [log in to unmask] > > > > > >On May 11, Academic Computing and Network Services (ACNS) > > > > implemented > > > > >the first step of upgrading the NetID password server and began > > >informing members of the MSU community of the need to reset > > > > their passwords. > > > > >On September 27, the final step of this upgrade will take effect and > > >anyone who has not reset their password since May 11 will be > > > > locked out > > > > >of most online services (such as mail.msu.edu, ANGEL, Human > > > > Resources > > > > >eHR, computer labs, etc.). > > > > > >To date, THOUSANDS of students, faculty, and staff have not > > > > yet changed > > > > >their passwords. In order to minimize the confusion and > > > > disruption on > > > > >September 27, please urge everyone in your unit to change their MSU > > >NetID password before the deadline. The process is really > > > > quite painless! > > > > >To change your MSU NetID password, go to > > > > https://netid.msu.edu, select > > > > >"Change password" and follow the simple instructions. > > > > > >If you have any questions or need assistance, please call > > > > the ACNS Help > > > > >Desk at (517) 432-6200, or visit http://help.msu.edu. Thank you for > > >your assistance in this matter. > > > > > >Tom Davis, Director > > >Academic Computing and Network Services