Sitehost account username requirements

The requirements for account usernames on Sitehost are:

  • Three to eight characters in length, with all characters lowercase
  • Contain only the characters a-z and 0-9, and the first character cannot be a number
  • Should reflect the purpose of the account

For security reasons, UITS cannot create web account names on the central server that are the same as your personal University account or your last name. UITS recommends creating account names that are not year-specific (for example, spring2009), because you may want to use the account in the future.