Unlocking user accounts manually

You can use the management GUI or the command-line interface to unlock user accounts manually.

Before you begin

You must be assigned with the Security Administrator role to unlock user accounts manually.

Using the management GUI

To unlock the user account, complete the following steps:

In the management GUI, click Access > Users by Group. The Users by Group window is displayed, which shows the All Userssection.
From the All users section, right-click on the locked user and click Unlock to unlock the selected user account.

Using the command-line interface

To unlock the user account manually, complete these following steps:

To view the ID and name list of the user accounts, run lsuser command.
To unlock the user account, enter the following command:
```
svctask chuser -unlock <name_or_id>
```
Where <name_or_id> specifies the name or ID of the locked user account.