Chapter 7. Managing User Accounts and Passwords

1.Select the Configuration tab and then the Data node.

2.In the right pane, select the Account Lockout tab.

3.

To enable account lockout, select the Accounts may be locked out checkbox.

4.

Enter the maximum number of allowed bind failures in the Lockout account after X login failures text box. The server locks out users who exceed the limit specified here.

5.In the Reset failure counter after X minutes text box, enter the number of minutes for the server to wait before resetting the bind failure counter to zero.

6.

Set the interval for users to be locked out of the directory.

Select the Lockout Forever radio button to lock users out until their passwords have been reset by the administrator.

Set a specific lockout period by selecting the Lockout Duration radio button and entering the time (in minutes) in the text box.

7.Click Save.

1.4.2.Configuring the Account Lockout Policy Using the Command-Line

This section describes the attributes to create an account lockout policy to protect the passwords stored in the server. Use ldapmodify to change these attributes in the cn=config entry.

Table 7.3, “Account Lockout Policy Attributes” describes the attributes available to configure the account lockout policy.

Attribute Name

Definition

 

 

passwordLockout

This attribute indicates whether users are

 

locked out of the directory after a given

 

number of failed bind attempts. Set the

 

number of failed bind attempts after which the

 

user will be locked out using the

 

passwordMaxFailure attribute. Users can be

 

locked out for a specific time or until an

 

administrator resets the password. This

 

attribute is set to off by default, meaning that

 

users will not be locked out of the directory.

 

 

passwordMaxFailure

This attribute indicates the number of failed

 

bind attempts after which a user will be locked

 

 

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