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z  lock-time: In this mode, the system inhibits the user from re-logging in within a certain time period. 
After the period, the user is allowed to log into the switch again. By default, this time is 120 
minutes. 
z  lock: In this mode, the system inhibits the user from re-logging in forever. The user is allowed to 
log into the switch again only after the administrator removes the user from the user blacklist. 
z  unlock: In this mode, the system allows the user to log in again. 
 
 
z  Login attempt times limitation and failure processing are not supported for FTP and Super 
passwords. 
z  The number of retries allowed to enter an SSH password is determined by the configuration of the 
SSH server instead of that configured by using the password-control login-attempt command. 
You can use the password-control login-attempt command to configure the actions to be taken 
when the number of retries to enter the SSH password exceeds the configured value. Refer to 
SSH Terminal Services part for information about SSH server. 
z  If a user in the blacklist changes his/her IP address, the blacklist will not affect the user anymore 
when the user logs into the switch. 
 
The system administrator can perform the following operations to manually remove one or all user 
entries in the blacklist. 
Table 1-8 Manually remove one or all user entries in the blacklist 
Operation  Command  Description 
Delete one specific or all 
user entries in the blacklist 
reset password-control 
blacklist [ user-name 
user-name ] 
Executing this command without the 
user-name user-name option 
removes all the user entries in the 
blacklist. 
Executing this command with the 
user-name user-name option 
removes the specified user entry in the 
blacklist. 
 
Configuring the Password Authentication Timeout Time  
When the local/remote server receives the user name, the authentication starts; when the user 
authentication is completed, the authentication ends. Whether the user is authenticated on the local 
server or on a remote server is determined by the related AAA configuration.  
If a password authentication is not completed before the authentication timeout expires, the 
authentication fails, and the system terminates the connection and makes some logging. 
If a password authentication is completed within the authentication timeout time, the user will log into 
the switch normally.