Setting a maximum number of login attempts

You can set a limit on the number of unsuccessful login attempts that a user can make. You can also suspend accounts that exceed a specified maximum number of login attempts. After the user account is suspended, the user must contact you (the system administrator) or a help desk representative. You can then restore the account and generate or provide a new temporary password for the user.

Before you begin

Depending on how your system administrator customized your system, you might not have access to this task. To obtain access to this task or to have someone complete it for you, contact your system administrator.

This task is available only for administrators and cannot be customized.

About this task

This task applies only if the ITIM Service user registry is used. If another user registry is specified, the number of login attempts is managed by the external repository.

The login attempts setting also applies to incorrect challenge response answers.

To set a maximum number of login attempts, complete these steps:

Procedure

  1. From the navigation tree, select Set System Security > Set Security Properties.
  2. In the Maximum number of incorrect login attempts, type the number of login attempts you want to allow, and then click OK. The default value of 0 indicates that there is no limit to the number of entries that can be attempted.
  3. On the Success page, click Close.