Update master password at the Department of Computer Science
One username but two accounts
You have two accounts:
- one for PCs operated by the IT Center and for common university services (AD account), and
- another for PCs and services operated by the Department of Computer Science.
The accounts share the same username but they are really two different accounts. However, the passwords should be exactly same on both accounts.
IT Center AD account password
Your IT Center AD account password is the password you use to login, for example, to Flamma, to Office 365, and to WebOodi.
General Data Protection Regulation
We need your consent to be able to store and process your personal data.
General Data Protection Regulation
We cannot update your password if you don't give us permission to store and process your username and password.
Requirements for the password
The password must be at least 10 characters long and no longer than 28 characters. It can have numbers and almost any printable special characters but they are not required.
Success
Department of Computer Science master password has been updated and it is now identical to the IT Center AD account password.
The updated password will take effect immediately except on mail server where it will take effect within 30 minutes.
Not a CS user account
According to IT department
your account is not a CS department account and it has not been
listed in list of allowed other user accounts.
Please contact
tktl-luvat@cs.helsinki.fi
Invalid user account
Only alphanumeric characters are allowed in user account name and it must start with a letter.
Bad password length
The password must be at least 10 characters long and no longer than 28 characters.
Invalid characters
The password can only consist of printable characters and can not contain whitespace.
Incorrect password, try again
Please remember, that you need to use your IT Center AD password (tietotekniikkakeskuksen AD-salasana).
Failed to update master password. Old password still applies.
Bad password
To be interoperable with most systems your password
- should be at least 10 characters long (16-28 recommended)
- should contain upper- and lowercase letters and digits
- should not be based on your username, not even if written backwards
- should contain only characters in the Unicode Basic Latin
(= printable ASCII) character range - should not contain any of the following characters: \ " / ? ; < > &
Failed to update master password. Old password still applies.
NOTE: The Department of Computer Science websites always show https://....cs.helsinki.fi/... in your browser's address bar. Never enter your login name and password into a site without this: those sites are scams.
CS Department's old user account system will be shut down in the near future. It is still used my CS email service and for autentication on CS users' own web pages. You don't need this user account, unless you use either of these.
Use of this page is the only way to
- update your Computer Science Department master password or
- activate your account at the Department of Computer Science if you are a new user or your account has been disabled for some reason .
At the Department of Computer Science you must use exactly the same password as your University of Helsinki IT Center AD password. Please change your IT Center password first and then use this page to activate the same password to the systems of the Department of Computer Science.