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AFS Password Expiration Notification

The password expiration information on this page applies only to AFS accounts; it does NOT apply to :
  • NJITDM or ALPHA accounts
  • ACADEMIC domain

Notifications of impending expiration of a user's AFS password, or a recently expired AFS password, are mailed to <yourUCID>@njit.edu; these notifications are from AFS-pw-mgr@oak.njit.edu. Password expiration dates are re-calculated daily.

The table below numbers different cases that correlate to those in AFS password expiration notices sent to <yourUCID>@njit.edu

AFS Password Notifications

Case

Password expiration

Action

How to change AFS password

I More than 15 days from present None Visit http://afspassword.njit.edu or the Unattended Password Reset page.
II Between 5 and 15 days from present mail sent to <yourUCID>@njit.edu, once Visit http://afspassword.njit.edu or the Unattended Password Reset page.
III Between 1 and 5 days from present mail sent to <yourUCID>@njit.edu, once Visit http://afspassword.njit.edu or the Unattended Password Reset page.
IV Between 0 and 1 day from present mail sent to <yourUCID>@njit.edu, once Visit http://afspassword.njit.edu or the Unattended Password Reset page.
V Between present and 30 days ago mail sent to <yourUCID>@njit.edu, once Visit http://afspassword.njit.edu or the Unattended Password Reset page.
VI More than 30 days ago None Contact the IST Computing HelpDesk: (973) 596-2900 or the Computing HelpDesk page.
(Note: "present" refers to the time at which the expiration date of the AFS password is calculated)