Locking Out Users Security Management
Locking Out Users
Individual users can be locked out. The time and behavior of the lockout are determined on a
global level.
Lock a User Account
The System Administrator can lock out a selected user from future sessions from the users
accounts without deleting the account.
To lockout a user:
1. In the Network Element tree, expand Management Access and click Users. The
corresponding pane appears.
2. From the table, select a user to lockout.
3. Click Lock User. A warning message appears.
4. Click Yes. The user status is displayed as locked out by admin in the list.
To unlock a user:
1. In the Network Element tree, expand Management Access and click Users. The
corresponding pane appears.
2. To unlock a user, select the user and click Unlock User. A warning message appears.
3. Click Yes. The user status is cleared.
System Wide Lockout Behavior
Note the following:
The ML device Date/Time change does not affect actual count of Failed Login Attempts
and account Locking Period.
NOTE: The features described below are applied to all user accounts.
Only users with admin privileges can configure lockout control parameters as follows.
To configure account locking
1. From the Network Element tree, expand Management Access and choose Users.
2. In the invoked pane, click Configure. The Configure User Settings dialog appears.
To Next Page