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Chapter 8 Common Administrative Tasks
Working with User Accounts
Figure 8-15
Configuring User Account and Password Restrictions
Step 2
Table 8-3
Local User Account and Password Settings
Setting
Description
User Account Lock
Choose whether or not to lock the user account after the user fails to
login successfully. Specify the number of failed login attempts that
cause the account locking. You can enter any number from one (1) to
60. Default is five (5).
login successfully. Specify the number of failed login attempts that
cause the account locking. You can enter any number from one (1) to
60. Default is five (5).
When you configure account locking, enter the message to be
displayed to the user attempting to login. Enter text using 7-bit ASCII
characters. This message is only displayed when users enter the correct
password to an account locked by an administrator. This message is
not shown for accounts locked due to failed login attempts.
displayed to the user attempting to login. Enter text using 7-bit ASCII
characters. This message is only displayed when users enter the correct
password to an account locked by an administrator. This message is
not shown for accounts locked due to failed login attempts.
When a user account gets locked, an administrator can unlock it on the
Edit User page in the GUI or using the
Edit User page in the GUI or using the
userconfig
CLI command.
Failed login attempts are tracked by user, regardless of the machine the
user connects from or the type of connection, such as SSH or HTTP.
Once the user successfully logs in, the number of failed login attempts
is reset to zero (0).
user connects from or the type of connection, such as SSH or HTTP.
Once the user successfully logs in, the number of failed login attempts
is reset to zero (0).
When a user account is locked out due to reaching the maximum
number of failed login attempts, an alert is sent to the administrator.
The alert is set at the “Info” severity level.
number of failed login attempts, an alert is sent to the administrator.
The alert is set at the “Info” severity level.
Note
You can also manually lock individual user accounts. For more
information see
information see
.