OKEY

What is OKEY?  OKEY is the system used by OSU IT to manage users in Active Directory.  This username and password is being used as the standard login for most systems on campus.  Uses include:  e-mail, payroll advice retrieval, spamblocker,

How do I change my OKEY password?  If you know your OKEY password you can change it by going to http://okey.okstate.edu and logging with your current firstname.lastname@okstate.edu username and password.  Once you've logged in and see the "Personal Profile" page, click on the button on the left hand side of the screen that says "Change Password".  Please see the bottom of the page for rules about creating a password.  Passwords will take between 5 and 30 minutes to change in the system, but you can close your web browser once you've been returned to the Personal Profile page.  Please visit Nancy's Page if you use Netscape as your e-mail client.

What if I don't know my OKEY password?  If you don't know your OKEY password, you can reset it to a new password by going to http://okey.okstate.edu and clicking on the link under the login box that says "Forgot Password? Locked Out?".  This will prompt you to answer your security question (this is the question that you chose when you first activated your OKEY account) as well as provide the last 4 digits of your Social Security Number and your Date of Birth.  If you do not remember the answer to your security question, please contact your Support Specialist or Dwayne Hunter.  Once you have provided the correct information you will be forwarded to a page that will allow you to change your password.  Please see the FAQ below for rules about creating a password.  Passwords will take between 5 and 30 minutes to change in the system, but you can close your web browser once you've been returned to the Personal Profile page.  Please visit Nancy's Page if you use Netscape as your e-mail client.

Can I use "cowboys" as my OKEY password?  No.  The security committee at OSU has developed the following guidelines for passwords on the OKEY system.

Passwords must be between 8 and 16 characters in length
Passwords can contain only letters and numbers - no special characters like @#$%^ and no spaces
Passwords cannot contain a dictionary word (this means that any string of three or more letters cannot match a word in the OKEY dictionary)
Passwords must contain at least one of each of the following:  upper case letter, lower case letter, number
Passwords may not be changed to a password that has been used within the last 8 days, or be one of the last four passwords used