3com WXR100 3CRWXR10095A User Manual

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Specifies the maximum number of login attempts users can make before 
being 

locked out of the system.

Syntax —  

set authentication max-attempts number

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 — Number of allowable login attempts for a user. You can 

specify a 

number between 0 – 2147483647. Specifying 0 causes 

the numb

er of allowable login attempts to reset to the default values.

 — 

For Telnet or SSH sessions, a maximum of 4 failed login 

attempts are 

allowed by default. For console or network sessions, an 

unlimited number of failed login attempts are allowed by default.

 — 

Enabled.

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Introduced in MSS 6.0.

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Use this command to specify the maximum number of failed 

login 

attempts allowed for a user. If the user is unable to log in within the 

specified number of attempts, he or she is locked out of the system, and 
the user’s access must be manually restored with the clear user lockout 
command.

 — 

To allow users a maximum of 3 attempts to log into the 

system, type 

the following command:

WX# set authentication max-attempts 3

success: change accepted.

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