Alcatel-Lucent 6850-48 Reference Guide

AAA Commands

OmniSwitch CLI Reference Guide

page 58-65

Configures the length of time a user account remains locked out of the switch. At the end of this time 
period, the user account is automatically unlocked.

user lockout-duration minutes

The number of minutes the user account remains locked out. The range 
is 0 to 99999.

OmniSwitch 6400, 6850, 6855, 9000, 9000E

• This command is only available to the admin user because the admin user account is the only account 

protected from any type of lockout attempt. 

• Note that if the lockout duration time period is set to zero (the default), then locked user accounts are 

never automatically unlocked. 

• Only the admin user or a user with read/write AAA privileges can unlock a locked user account when 

the lockout duration time is set to zero. An account is unlocked by changing the user password or with 
the 

• Do not configure a lockout duration time period that is less than the amount of time configured for the 

observation window. 

• The lockout duration time period is a global lockout setting that is applied to all passwords configured 

on the switch.

• Lockout settings are saved automatically; that is, these settings do not require the 

 command to save user settings over a reboot.

-> user lockout-duration 60

-> user lockout-duration 0 

Release 6.3.1; command was introduced.

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