Administrative accounts must be assigned to one owner but more than one person can use it. Each person logs into the same account using the same password.

The UBITName of the administrative account must be no more than 8 characters in length, cannot be the same as any current or former UBITName or Unix group and cannot contain special characters such as $, # and * or the numbers 0 or 1.

Administrative accounts are created with 2, 6 or 12 month expiration dates and can be renewed annually.  

Administrative accounts follow the same account claim process as personal UBITName accounts.

1. Click Claim My Account.
2. Accept the Computer and Network Use  policy, then click Continue.
3. Enter your administrative UBITName and click Lookup UBITName.
4. Enter the following, provided by the CIT Help Desk when your administrative account was created:
   • Single-use password
   • Secondary token
5. Click Continue.
6. Provide 3 self-service password reset question answers from the top section and create a question and answer of your own (make sure you check the box next to it).
7. Provide a strong password. Your password must be secure; insecure passwords will be rejected.