Create a Polaris Account


CSI Staff
Staff Writer
Center for Support of Instruction

Category: » Tech-skills-software » Polaris-nova-unix

The following procedure can be used to create a personal computer account on UMUC's UNIX system, Polaris.

The account will remain active as long as: 

  • students take classes in consecutive spring and fall semesters or 
  • faculty members remain active. 

You MUST be sure that you know your MyUMUC login and password before you attempt to create an account. If you do not know your MyUMUC login and password, please contact UMUC 360 Support or 1-888-360-UMUC (8682).

Once you have your MyUMUC login and password, proceed to Step 1.

Step 1

You must first connect to the Polaris server by using a  Secure Shell (SSH) terminal connection program such as PortaPuTTY.


Step 2

  1. At the "login:" prompt, type: newuser

  2. Indicate your status (Student, Faculty, Staff) and press the Enter key. At the prompt, enter your MyUMUC portal username. If an account already exists on one of UMUC's other academic systems for the specified username, no new account will be created. Please note that only one personal account is permitted.

  3. At the prompt, enter your MyUMUC portal password. Please note that the password entry is case sensitive.  It is also not displayed as you type in the information. Three incorrect entries will block you from further attempts.  If this occurs, contact the Help Desk at 301-985-7400.

  4. After your MyUMUC username and password information has been verified, you will be asked to accept our security policy. To agree to the terms of the policy, type accept.

  5. An account will be created and your user id and a temporary password will be displayed on the screen. PLEASE BE SURE TO WRITE DOWN YOUR USER ID AND TEMPORARY PASSWORD!

  6. The first time you sign onto your account, you will be required to change your password. Passwords must be between six and eight characters and contain at least one non-alphabetic character.
    • At the "Enter Login Password:" prompt, enter the temporary password you were initially assigned in step 5. 
    • At the "New Password: " prompt, type in a password of your choice. 
    • At the "Re-enter new password: " prompt, type the new password again for verification. You will then use this new password each time you login.
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