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Identity and Access Management

How Do I . . . ?

We have created guides and explanations to some of the most common tasks you may encounter while using or requesting IAMO services. If you cannot find the answer you are looking for below, please contact the IAMO Team.

. . . Request Changes to my Purdue Career Account

1. How do I request to modify my Purdue Career Account
   
   If you just want to change your email address (and nothing else), you don't need to change your Career Account login. See the following for information on setting an alternate email address: How can I specify an alternate e-mail address @purdue.edu?
   
   If there is a business need to change your Career Account login, please fill out a Form 10 at the ITaP Customer Service Center on the main floor of the Humanities, Social Science, and Education Library (HSSE) - Stewart Center 135. Be sure and bring your Purdue ID with you. A Career Account login will only be changed if your name has been legally changed such as a marriage or divorce, if your login is not currently related to your name, or if your login is deemed offensive. More information can be found here: How can I change my career account login.
   
   
2. How do I request a password reset?
3. How do I modify or setup my password challenge questions?
4. How do I request more storage space in my career account's home directory
   
   Every Purdue user is allotted 5 GB of space for their career account home directory. This space is used to store files and settings that you use in the labs, as well as your personal web site. If you fill this space up, you will not be able to save any additional files while in the labs and you may encounter problems running programs as they attempt to use space.
   
   To determine how much space you have available in your career account directory, please check out the Gold Answers Solution 174710.
   
   If you are running low on space, you should consider deleting unnecessary files and/or archiving older files to other media, such as writable CDs or USB flash drives. If you need more space than 5 GB for your classes, you can get 100 GB of additional space by creating a myBackpack account. Visit http://www.purdue.edu/boilerbackpack for additional information.

. . . Request . . .

1. to be added to the Purdue Emergency Warning Notification Text Messaging System
2. to be removed from the Purdue Emergency Warning Notification Text Messaging System
   
   If you have a valid Purdue career account and you know it's password you can remove yourself from the messaging system by going to the Emergency Contact Information page and blanking out the field that contains your phone number and clicking on the save button.
   
   If you do not have a valid Purdue career account or you do not know it's password, you can contact the Purdue ITaP Customer Service Center (CSC). You will need to provide them with your name and the number of the phone you wish to have removed. Contact information for the ITaP CSC can be found here.
   
   
3. a Purdue BoilerKey
4. to set or re-set your personal identification number (PIN) for your BoilerKey or to verify that your existing BoilerKey still works.
5. a Purdue Career Account for someone who is not currently an employee or student at Purdue
   
   There are two options to Request a Purdue Career Account for someone who is not currently an employee or student at Purdue
   
   1. Guest Accounts : For short-term access (usually less than 90 days) the Purdue Guest Account application should be used. This service can be used to grant access to services such as campus wireless service (PAL) or the on-campus labs.
   
   If you wish to obtain access to the Purdue Guest Account application so you can create guest accounts yourself, please visit the Guest Access Application (https://www.purdue.edu/securepurdue/identity-access/guest-access-application.php) page.
   
   If you do not have access and you require assistance with creating guest accounts for access to the Purdue wireless service (PAL), the Purdue Customer Service Center can create accounts for you. For more information, please see the Request Airlink Accounts (http://www.itap.purdue.edu/airlink/palrequest/index.cfm) page.
   
   
   2. Request for Privileges : For longer-term access, such as for a consultant or temporary worker, the Request for Privileges should be used. This service provides additional services beyond a guest account, such as access to Purdue email services. Once a request has been submitted, the request is routed to the department's business office for approval.
   
   Once the request has been approved, an account setup password may be issued by the authorized user of the Account Setup Reset application to that individual. With this account setup password, the individual then uses the Career Account Setup application to complete the setup of their new Career Account.

. . . Request Access. . .

1. to the Purdue Guest Access Application
2. to the Purdue Account Setup Reset Application
3. for my website to use the Centralized Authentication Service (CAS)
4. to Purdue's Shibboleth implementation (Scroll to Requesting Purdue Shibboleth Access near bottom of page)

. . . Learn how to use . . .

1. The Purdue Guest Access Application
2. The Purdue Account Setup Reset Application

. . . Learn more about . . .

1. InCommon Federation
2. Purdue's Central Authentication Service (CAS)
3. Purdue's Shibboleth implementation