{"id":2901,"date":"2012-04-13T10:42:38","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T14:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/?page_id=2901"},"modified":"2012-04-13T10:42:38","modified_gmt":"2012-04-13T14:42:38","slug":"login-names","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/comm-collab\/accounts\/login\/login-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Login Names"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The login name you choose will identify you on campus computing systems throughout your association with Boston University and will be part of your BU e-mail address.<\/p>\n<p>If you already have an account on another system at Boston University, you must use the same login name.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Login Name Rules<\/strong><br \/>\nThe following rules are enforced for login names:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Must be 2 to 8 characters in length<\/li>\n<li>Can contain both letters and numbers, but cannot contain a number as the first character<\/li>\n<li>Cannot include any punctuation characters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Login Name Changes<\/strong><br \/>\nYour BU login name identifies you on campus computing systems throughout your association with the University and is part of your e-mail address. Because it is a unique identifier stored in many different locations, changes to a login name require considerable staff time and coordination. For this reason, you should\u00a0<strong>choose a login name carefully,<\/strong> as it cannot be changed later.<\/p>\n<p>However, if you feel strongly that you need to change your BU login name, you can submit a paper application at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/desktop\/support\/help-center\/hours\/\">IT Help Center<\/a> (Charles River Campus). There is a $50 fee for this service and it may take several weeks to be completed. Requests for changes due to special circumstances, such as a legal name change, will be accepted with no fee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The login name you choose will identify you on campus computing systems throughout your association with Boston University and will be part of your BU e-mail address. If you already have an account on another system at Boston University, you must use the same login name. Login Name Rules The following rules are enforced for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5559,"featured_media":0,"parent":54,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2901"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2902,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2901\/revisions\/2902"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}