SMP Gateway User Manual • 93
Element Description
Password must meet
complexity requirements
If selected, specifies that a password must contain characters from
at least 3 out of the following categories:
alphabetic high caps
alphabetic small caps
numeric
special characters.
Account Lock
This section of the dialog box specifies whether a user account is
to be locked out from SMP Gateway access if the user fails to log
in properly and if so, what are the locking and unlocking
parameters.
Enable account lock If you select this checkbox, user accounts will be locked out if the
user fails to log in properly. The parameters that follow define the
locking and unlocking rules.
Note: User accounts of the Administrators group may only be
locked out if the Enable SMP’s administrator account lock
checkbox is also selected (see below).
Maximum number of failed
login attempts
Specifies the number of times a user can enter incorrect login
information before its account is locked out.
Lock account if max failed
logins within
The system will lock out the user account if the user makes the
maximum number of failed login attempts within the number of
minutes specified here.
Activate automatic account
unlock
If selected, indicates that a locked user account will be
automatically unlocked by the system after a certain amount of
time (see Remove lockout after, below).
Remove lockout after The number of minutes after which a locked user account is
automatically unlocked by the system.
Enable SMP’s administrator
account lock
If selected, indicates that accounts of the Administrators group are
also subject to account locking.
Remove administrator
lockout after
The number of minutes after which a locked administrator user
account is automatically unlocked by the system.
Modify the authentication policy to suit your needs, and then click OK.
The dialog box closes. The description of your security database appears in the title bar of the
Security Database Editor window, and your authentication policy goes into effect as soon as it is
sent to the concerned SMP Gateway(s).
To Next Page
Loading...
