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This page shall help you with all kinds of login issues in the various ECG-tools.
Overview on the account types
We have different types of accounts in the ECG. To reduce confusion see the overview here
| ECG-Account | Django Editor Account | SmartWe Account |
|---|---|---|
The most important account for all our active members.
| ... for our Django-Website-editors to login on web.ecogood.org. The user name is firstName.familyName (like the ECG-Account). | The membership database accounts are also independent from your ECG-Account. Find more on SmartWe - Get access |
Login-Problems - general
Case sensitive
Some login dialogs are case sensitive and have to be lower case (vorname.nachname)
So a login with Vorname.Nachname would not work.
User name versus mail address
You need to know that
- vorname.nachname is you user name
- vorname.nachname@ecogood.org is your mail address
In most tools you can login only with your user name.
So a login with vorname.nachname@ecogood.org would not work.
In some tools both user name and mail address are possible.
In few tools you can login only with your mail address.
So a login with vorname.nachname would not work.
So if you can not login to a tool with user name, try to login with mail address (and vice versa).
Try to login in another tool
When you have problems logging in to a tool, always try to login
- in another tool
- in the webmail
So lets assume you can not login to the wiki, then verify, if you can login to the datacloud and to webmail.
If both is possible, then probably the wrong password is used.
If only webmail is possible, then try a password reset (Choosing a new password - The password reset process)
Make my browser stored password visible
Your Browser shows you these black bullets, but you are not sure, if this is the correct password?
If for some reason your login already shows some dots for a password, before you started typing, then most probably your browser has stored it.
If you want to see this password in clear text, you can right click it and open the HTML view:
Once you replace here the "type" from "password" to any other value (or completely remove it), the password is displayed:
Don't worry:
This is only visible, as long you have this page open. When you reload it, it is invisible again.
Find more in the web: https://www.ecosia.org/search?q=browser+show%20password
Login-Problems in E-Mail-System
In webmail (roundcube)
Problems in https://webmail.ecogood.org/ may have various causes:
Problem: Passwort expired
Some mail accounts require (for security reasons) to set a new password after some months.
See details in Choosing a new password - The password reset process
Problem: Login is not possible
- You are sure that you entered the correct password, but it is not accepted?
→ Refer to IT Support - Password forgotten?
→ do a reset under Passwort des GWÖ-Account erneuern ("Reset") - You are not yet registered?
→ Go here: Apply for an ECG Account
In a local Mail-Client
In a local Mail-Client (like Thunderbird, Outlook ...) these issues can occur:
Problem:
Login is not possible
If you can not login,
→ try to login via webmail (see above)
Problem: Occasionally a Password-Dialog pops up
(Can look different per Mail-Client and type of problem)
Normally the reason is, that a service account's password is expired.
In this case see Passwort des GWÖ-Account erneuern ("Reset").
Login Problems in Wiki
Problem: I can not login
- Enter only vorname.nachname:
... do not enter the Domain @ecogood.org:
- Try to login to your e-mail (as it is using the same account)
Login-Problems in Datacloud
As Chuck Norris is the gate keeper of the Datacloud you wont run into any trouble here! 
Login-Problems for the webbased Management-Tool of Mailinglists (mlmmj-light-web)
https://list.ecogood.org uses same login credentials - username and password of ECG-Accounts - as for other IT services (like: mail, datacloud, wiki, ...).
However, we repetetly have cases where users report login-problems specifically on https://list.ecogood.org, whereas they do not have any login-problems for all other IT services (like: mail, datacloud, wiki, ...).
This might be related to the lenght of the password or usage of special characters within the password (like 'ß' or german Umlaute 'ä, ö, ü') which are handled differently by https://list.ecogood.org and lead to failed login attempts.
If this is the case try shortening and/or changing your ECG-Account password, to see if this solves your login-problems at https://list.ecogood.org.
A corresponding COREIT-ticket exists ( COREIT-551 - Getting issue details... STATUS ) and is being worked on.
Login-Problems on the Django-Website
See under Redakteurs-Account