Locking out a user after failed logon attempts

You can lock out a user account once a user consecutively fails to log on. The number of failed attempts before lockout is five unsuccessful attempts; successful logons are not counted. A typical example of failing to log on is by using an incorrect user name, password, or a combination. Once the user account is locked, the system sends the user an SNMP event. After five minutes, the user can try to log on again.

Procedure

  1. Open the ego.conf file for editing.
  2. Set the EGO_ENABLE_LOCK_USER parameter to Y:

    EGO_ENABLE_LOCK_USER=Y

  3. Save your changes.
  4. Restart EGO for your changes to take effect.

    egosh ego restart