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Nortel WLAN—Security Switch 2300 Series Configuration Guide

Setting the maximum number of login attempts

To specify the maximum number of login attempts before a user is locked out of the system, use the following
command:
set authentication ma x-attempts number
By default,
for Telnet or SSH sessions, a maximum of 4 failed login attempts are allowed.
for console or network sessions, an unlimited number of failed login attempts are allowed.
Specify a number between 0 – 2147483647. Specifying 0 causes the number of allowable login attempts to reset the
default values.
If a user is locked out of the system, you can restore the user access with the clear user lockout command.
See “Restoring access to a locked-out user” on page 98.
For example, to allow users a maximum of 3 attempts to log into the system, type the following command:
WSS# set authentication max-attempts 3
success: change accepted.