Cisco Cisco Email Security Appliance C380 User Guide
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Cisco AsyncOS 8.5.5 for Email Security User Guide
Chapter 31 Distributing Administrative Tasks
Passwords
You can also configure all local user accounts to lock after users fail to login successfully after a
configured number of attempts. For more information, see
configured number of attempts. For more information, see
.
Note
If you lock the admin account, you can only unlock it by logging in as the admin through a serial
communications connection to the serial console port. The admin user can always access the appliance
using the serial console port, even when the admin account is locked. See
communications connection to the serial console port. The admin user can always access the appliance
using the serial console port, even when the admin account is locked. See
for more information on accessing the appliance using the serial console port.
Configuring Restrictive User Account and Password Settings
You can define user account and password restrictions to enforce organizational password policies. The
user account and password restrictions apply to local users defined on the Cisco appliance. You can
configure the following settings:
user account and password restrictions apply to local users defined on the Cisco appliance. You can
configure the following settings:
•
User account locking. You can define how many failed login attempts cause the user to be locked
out of the account.
out of the account.
•
Password lifetime rules. You can define how long a password can exist before the user is required
to change the password after logging in.
to change the password after logging in.
•
Password rules. You can define what kinds of passwords users can choose, such as which characters
are optional or mandatory.
are optional or mandatory.
You define user account and password restrictions on the System Administration > Users page in the
Local User Account and Password Settings section.
Local User Account and Password Settings section.
Procedure
Step 1
Choose System Administration > Users.
Step 2
Scroll to the Local User Account and Password Settings section.
Step 3
Click Edit Settings.
Step 4
Configure the settings described in
.