Initial Login Procedures

SSH to socrates. For more information, please see the Socrates Access website. For more information on SSH, please see the SSH FAQ
At the login: prompt, type your login name. Unless this is a class account, your login name was indicated on the Application for Computing Service Form submitted to User and Account Services.
```
 
        login: < type in login name >
```

At the password: prompt, type in your Socrates password.


        password: < type in initial Socrates password >

You will be asked to agree and abide by several University policies.
You will be asked to change your password from your original login password. After typing in your initial password, you need to select a new password that will be your permanent password. You will be asked to enter this password twice. (See Password Notes below.)
Then you will be logged out. The next time you log in, your new password will be in effect and you will have a normal shell.

Password Notes:

Passwords must be between 6 and 8 characters in length. A password must contain at least two letters and one character that is not a letter. (The one character can be a digit or another special character.)

Bad	Good


daysago	day!ago

654321	654ab321

Please send comments to: calweb_consult@berkeley.edu. For additional questions, see Questions.
Last updated 23 July 1998.