6 Password policies

For example, 'ab' is a sequence of 2 and '456' is a sequence of 3.

Only enabled when the Empty Password - Allow check box is clear. Valid values are 0 through 127. The default is 1.

6.Configure the password lockout support by completing the following steps.

a.Enter the number of failed login attempts allowed before the user account is locked out in the Lockout Threshold field.

Valid values are 0 through 999. The default is 0 (disabled).

b.Enter the time frame after which the account automatically unlocks and resumes normal operation in the Lockout Duration field.

Only enabled when the Lockout Threshold is greater than zero. If you specify zero, the user account is locked out indefinitely until an administrator manually unlocks it. Valid values are 0 through 99999. The default is 30.

7.Configure the password login policy by completing the following steps.

a.Select Concurrent Login or Single Login from the Login Mode list.

Single Login allows only one user to login at a time. If you selected Single Login, continue with step b.

Concurrent Login allows multiple users to login at the same time. If you selected Concurrent Login, go to step 8.

b.Select Reject New Sessions or Logout Existing Sessions from the Action list.

8.To configure the application to use the CLI login credentials of the user for all CLI deployments, select the Use User CLI Credential check box in the CLI Credential area.

A confirmation message displays. Click Yes on the message.

Make sure to configure the User CLI Credentials in the User Profile dialog box (refer to “Configuring CLI credentials” on page 209). These credentials will be used for all CLI deployments and will override the CLI credentials configured during discovery or in the CLI template.

9.Click View Policy Violators to view the user accounts affected by any policy violations caused by your changes to the Policy tab before you save your work.

If none of the user accounts violate the updated password policy, an empty View Policy Violators dialog box displays.

10.Click Apply.

11.Click Yes on the confirmation message.

12.Click Close to close the Users dialog box.

Viewing password policy violators

To view password policy violators, complete the following steps.

1.Select Server > Users.

The Users dialog box displays.

2.Click the Policy tab.

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