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Enabling User Lockout for Failed Login Attempts
You can congure the system to lock out local users for a specic period for unsuccessful login attempts.
This feature enhances the security of the switch by locking out the local user account if there are more number of unsuccessful login
attempts than what is congured using the
max-retry parameter. To enable the user lock out feature, use the following commands:
Enable the user lockout feature.
CONFIGURATION
password-attributes user-lockout-period minutes
Enter the duration in minutes.
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