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Overview
NetID/GuestID
Your Cornell Netid or Guestid is used to access central Cornell services, the Coral lab management system, the CNF AFS file server, and login to the Sunrays and and Windows workstations.
Per Cornell policy, the password used for your GuestID or NetID must not be used anywhere else and must not be written down. If this password is compromised, others will be able to access your data files and charge lab time to your account.
VAX
Your Vax username and password is used to access the old web scheduling system and CAC on the vax terminals.
This password should be unique and not used anywhere else. Access to the VAX is via telnet which is not encrypted. This means that your password can easily be observed by someone else on the network.
Before being able to use CNF systems requiring the VAX password, the VAX password must be changed by telnetting to: nnfvax.cnf.cornell.edu
Using Your NetID/GuestID
Short Version
The netid looks is usually two or three letters followed by a series of numbers. The letters will usually correspond to your initials. For example, sph1 .
The guestid is usually formatted as firstname.lastname optionally followed by a number. For example: john.doe or john.doe5
Long Version
The long version of your netid/guestid looks just like the short version, but with some extra information appended to the end. For a netid, this will be either @CIT.CORNELL.EDU or @cit.cornell.edu . And for a guestid, the extra information is one of @GUEST.CORNELL.EDU or @guest.cornell.edu . See below for when to use uppercase or lowercase after the @ sign. The portion of your netid/guestid before the @ symbol will always be lowercase.
Coral
Login to coral using the short version of your netid/guestid
AFS
Login to afs using the long version of your netid/guestid, with the portion after the @ symbol capitalized.
Sunray
Login to the sunrays using the short version of your netid/guestid.
Windows
Login to windows using the long version of your netid/guestid, with the portion after the @ symbol capitalized.
To keep your private data private, remember to logout of Windows by choosing "Log Off" from the Start menu.
Shared Logins
Some computers make use of shared logins (and optionally offer the ability to also login to your roaming Windows profile and AFS account). If using one of the shared logins, keep in mind that any data left on these systems may be accessible to others.
If you login to AFS using one of the shared logins, please remember to DISCARD YOUR AFS TOKENS before leaving the computer. Otherwise, others will be able to access your private files.
GuestID URLs
Get a GuestID
https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/CNF/Get+a+New+Cornell+GuestID
Edit your profile
https://guestid.cit.cornell.edu/pro/profile.cfm
Change your password
https://guestid.cit.cornell.edu/cpw/ChangePwd.cfm
Reset a forgotten password
https://guestid.cit.cornell.edu/fpw/ForgotPwd.cfm
NetID URLs
NetIDs, Passwords, Authentication, and More
http://www.cit.cornell.edu/identity/