ZyXEL Communications 1000 User Manual

Chapter 40 User/Group

ZyWALL USG 1000 User’s Guide

The Default Authentication Timeout Settings Edit screen allows you to set the 
default authentication timeout settings for the selected type of user account. 
These default authentication timeout settings also control the settings for any 
existing user accounts that are set to use the default settings. You can still 
manually configure any user account’s authentication timeout settings.

Limit the number of 

simultaneous logons 

for administration 

account

Select this check box if you want to set a limit on the number 
of simultaneous logins by admin users. If you do not select 
this, admin users can login as many times as they want at the 
same time using the same or different IP addresses.

Maximum number per 

administration 

account

This field is effective when Limit ... for administration 
account is checked. Type the maximum number of 
simultaneous logins by each admin user. 

Limit the number of 

simultaneous logons 

for access account

Select this check box if you want to set a limit on the number 
of simultaneous logins by non-admin users. If you do not 
select this, access users can login as many times as they want 
as long as they use different IP addresses.

Maximum number per 

access account

This field is effective when Limit ... for access account is 
checked. Type the maximum number of simultaneous logins by 
each access user. 

User Lockout Settings

Enable logon retry 

limit

Select this check box to set a limit on the number of times 
each user can login unsuccessfully (for example, wrong 
password) before the IP address is locked out for a specified 
amount of time.

Maximum retry count

This field is effective when Enable logon retry limit is 
checked. Type the maximum number of times each user can 
login unsuccessfully before the IP address is locked out for the 
specified lockout period. The number must be between 1 and 
99.

Lockout period

This field is effective when Enable logon retry limit is 
checked. Type the number of minutes the user must wait to try 
to login again, if logon retry limit is enabled and the 
maximum retry count is reached. This number must be 
between 1 and 65,535 (about 45.5 days).

Apply

Click Apply to save the changes. 

Reset

Click Reset to return the screen to its last-saved settings.  

Table 188   Configuration > Object > User/Group > Setting (continued)