GE MAC 5 A4

Configure Settings
Field Action Description
Password
lifetime
duration
(days)
Set the Minimum
and Maximum
password
expiration
duration in days,
if User Password
Expiration setting
is enabled.
Minimum duration: This specifies the minimum amount
of time a password needs to remain unchanged.
• If it is set to one day then the password cannot be
changed again until tomorrow.
• If it is set to seven days then the password cannot
be changed again until next week.
• If it is set to zero then there is no minimum duration.
The password may be changed immediately.
Maximum duration: This specifies the maximum
amount of time a password can exist before it is
required to be changed. If it is set to 90 days then the
password must be changed after three months.
NOTE:
The expired password will still work but must be
changed when used.
Default value for minimum and maximum: 1 and 90
Allowed values for minimum and maximum: 0 to 364
and 0 to 365
Minimum
Password
Length
Set the minimum
number of
characters
required for a user
password.
While adding or modifying a user, if the user password
does not meet the minimum number of required
characters, the password is not accepted by the
system.
The password must contain a number of characters
equal to or greater than the Minimum Password
Length.
Default value: 8 characters
Allowed values: 8 to 14 characters
Prevent reuse
of previous
password
Select a value
from the drop-
down list to
configure the
reuse of previous
passwords.
This specifies the number of previously used passwords
that a user is not allowed to change their password to.
Default value: 10
Allowed values: 10 to 32
Account will
be locked
out after
failed logon
attempts
Select a value
from the drop-
down list to lock
the account
after failed logon
attempts.
This specifies the number of repeated failed login
attempts that causes a user account to be temporarily
locked.
NOTE:
You can login as a STAT user if your account has
been locked.
Default value: 5
Allowed values: 3 to 99
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