User's Guide

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2. Configure the following Account Login Preference parameters.
Field Description
Max Login Attempts Use the spinner control to set the maximum number of failed login
attempts allowed before the user account is locked.
Account locked if max attempts
reached within ...
Use the spinner control to set this value. When set, the user account
is locked if the number of attempts specified in the Max Login
Attempts control is exceeded in the time specified, in minutes, by
this control.
For example, if this value is set to five (5) and the Max Login
Attempts value is set to ten (10), then the account is locked if an
user tries and fails to login for ten (10) times within a span of five
(5) minutes.
This failure count is reset every time a user successfully logs in.
Account locked if max attempts
is reached anytime
When selected, an account is locked immediately when the number
of failed attempts exceeds the value set in the Max Login Attempts
control.
This failure count is reset every time a user successfully logs in.
3. Configure the following Password Preference parameters.
Field Description
Minimum of ... Characters Use the first spinner control to set the minimum length for the local
user account passwords. The default value is 6. The maximum value
that can be selected is 100.
Maximum of ... Characters Use the second spinner control to set the maximum length for the
local user account passwords. The default value is 32. The
maximum value that can be selected is 100.
Configuration Manage User Accounts
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