Alcatel-Lucent 6850-48 Guida Di Riferimento

AAA Commands

OmniSwitch CLI Reference Guide

page 58-63

Configures the number of failed password login attempts allowed during a certain period of time (observa-
tion window). If the number of failed attempts exceeds the lockout threshold number before the observa-
tion window period expires, the user account is locked out.

user lockout-threshold number

The number of failed login attempts allowed. The range is 0 to 999.

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. 

• If the lockout threshold is set to zero (the default), there is no limit to the number of failed login 

attempts allowed.

• A user account remains locked out for the length of the lockout duration time period; at the end of this 

time, the account is automatically unlocked. 

• If the lockout duration time period is set to zero, only the admin user or a user with read/write AAA 

privileges can unlock a locked user account. An account is unlocked by changing the user account 
password or with the 

• The lockout threshold time period is a global lockout setting that is applied to all passwords config-

ured 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-threshold 3

-> user lockout-threshold 0 

Release 6.3.1; command was introduced.

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