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Changing your NGCSU Banner Forms (INB) Password

We are implementing a new password profile to provide better security for the Banner Forms environment.

Here are the new rules for Banner Forms passwords. The important parts of the error messages are underlined.

Passwords:


May not contain the Username.

Error Message:"ORA-28003: password verification for the specified password failed ORA-20001: Must not contain username"



May not contain common words or character strings.
These include:
"account","computer","password","welcome","database","abcd","1111","2222","3333","4444","5555","6666","7777","8888","9999","0000".

Error Message:"ORA-28003: password verification for the specified password failed ORA-20003: String too simple"




Must have at least 2 alphabetic characters (A-Z).
Banner Forms passwords are NOT case sensitive, so "ABC" is the same as "abc" or "aBc", etc.

Error Message:"ORA-28003: password verification for the specified password failed ORA-20004: Must contain at least 2 alphabetic characters"




Must have at least 2 numeric characters (0-9).

Error Message:"ORA-28003: password verification for the specified password failed ORA-20005: Must contain at least 2 numeric characters




May contain special characters but not "@".

Valid characters include: (=[];,./~!#$%^&*()_+|}{":?><-

Error Message:"ORA-28003: password verification for the specified password failed ORA-20006: Must not contain an "@" character"




Must change at least 2 characters when allowed to expire

Error Message:"ORA-28003: password verification for the specified password failed ORA-20007: New password must differ by at least 2 characters"




Will expire after 100 days, with a 10 day grace period.

Error Message after expiration but within the grace period:"ORA-28002: The password will expire within x days"

Error Message after expiration and grace period:"ORA-28001: The password has expired".




May not be reused within 365 days

Error Message: "ORA-28007: The passwod cannot be reused".

 

Changing your password:

1) After logging onto Banner Forms (INB) you can change your password by entering the form name "GUAPSWD" in the "Go To..." box as shown below..

2) This will take you to the "Oracle Password Change Form" (GUAPSWD) as shown below. You will automatically be brought to this screen if you try to log in after your password expires

To change your password:
1. Enter your Old Password in the box labeled "Oracle Password"
2. Enter nothing in the box labeled "Database"
3. Enter your new password in the box labeled "New Oracle Password"
4. Enter your new password again in the box labeled "Verify Password"
5. Click on the small diskette icon in the lower right hand corner to save it.

If you recieve any error messages then look at the top of this page to see explanantions of error messages and solutions

If you do not recieve any error messages then you will be immediately redirected to the main menu and your password has been changed successfully.

North Georgia College & State University
82 College Circle, Dahlonega, GA 30597
706.864.1400

 

This page last modified on: Tuesday, 18-Nov-2008 07:57:35 EST