ETH User Account

Every member and student of ETH automatically obtains a IAM account. This account comes with a variety of services (Mailbox, VPN) and identities on different identity providers (Active Directory, LDAP, Radius). You can see the list of your services and configure some of them as shown below.

The following services are important for most users:

ETH IAM

The IAM IT service role gives you an identity in the IAM LDAP directory. Many websites use LDAP for authentication.

Mailbox

This service is actually a bundle of individual services:

• mailbox
• identity in the Active Directory
• home directory for the student labs

VPN

This service includes an identity on the Radius authentication server for all network related services such as WIFI, VPN, iPass, docking, etc.

Passwords

Some IAM IT service roles have their own password:

• The Super-nethz password is valid only for password.ethz.ch. You need to know this password to change all others.
• The ETH password for web applications is for the LDAP directory.
• The ETH password for email is for the Active Directory.
• The ETH network password is for the Radius server.
• The MySQL password is for the ITS MySQL database service.

The general policy requires the ETH network password to be different from all the others. The default is to use the same password for all other IAM IT service roles that have a password.

Changing Your Passwords

You can change the passwords of your ETH user account at password.ethz.ch. Login with your ETH user name and your current ETH password for web applications. Then choose Change password under Self Service. The password change wizard will guide you through the process.

If you have forgotten your password then please come to our service desk and bring your ETH card or another official identification document with you.

My Services

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Under https://password.ethz.ch/ » meine Services you can change the configuration of various services:

E-Mail Spamfilter

Configure the SPAM filter for your mail service.

Mailbox

Configure access and email forwarding of the mail service.

Prepay

Top up your prepaid account for printing and other services (for students only).

Also relevant are:

Homepage

Specify your personal home page that will be displayed for people.ethz.ch.

Tagesgast

Set up WIFI access for guests of you that is valid six days.

Vorlieben

Configure the salutation in letters and emails from ETH to you.

The other items only provide information.

Life Cycle

The ETH user account is created as soon as HR has completed the employment process or, in case of students, the student administration has completed matriculation. Information about your personal account including your login and initial password is sent to you by postal mail.

The ETH user account and all services will be deleted after your employment or studies at ETH end. You will be notified by mail notification by mail beforehand.

See Leaving ETH for more details.