The Security Administration screen allows an administrator to manage user login. When a new user is created, the administrator can associate one of four access with each username. Each security access level grants the privileges of all lower levels plus additional privileges.
Administrators can perform the following management functions:
You can use the located under the Tools menu item to send the RTRV-USER TL1 command to view the following:
State: if the user is enabled or disabled.
PasswordState: if a password is alive or expired.
PasswordDaysLeft: number of days for a user that their password is valid.
Lockout: if a user is locked out or not.
The administrator can also manage a security feature that locks out any user who fails a specified number of login attempts. The settings are described in the following table. Click Edit to change the Security settings. Click Refresh to update the Security setting display.
Item |
Description |
Fail Login Lockout Threshold |
This setting is from 2 to 5 attempts. A setting of 0 disables the lockout function. |
Lockout Recovery |
This setting is from 10 to 86400 seconds with a default of 60. |
Password Aging |
This setting is from 10 to 360 days. A setting of 0 disables password aging. |