Chapter 8: Security Management134Option DescriptionTimer Lockout Users are denied access to the system for thespecified amount of time after exceeding thespecified number of unsuccessful login attempts.When selected, the following fields are enabled: Attempts - The number of unsuccessful loginattempts after which the user will be lockedout. The valid range is 1 - 10 and the defaultis 3 attempts. Lockout Time - The amount of time for whichthe user will be locked out. The valid range is1 - 1440 minutes and the default is 5 minutes.Note: Users in the role of Administrator areexempt from the timer lockout settings.Deactivate User-ID When selected, this option specifies that the userwill be locked out of the system after the numberof failed login attempts specified in the FailedAttempts field: Failed Attempts - The number of unsuccessfullogin attempts after which the user's User-IDwill be deactivated. This field is enabled whenthe Deactivate User-ID option is selected. Thevalid range is 1 - 10.When a user-ID is deactivated after the specifiednumber of failed attempts, the administrator mustchange the user password and activate the useraccount by selecting the Active checkbox on theUser page.
