The following policy configuration features related to login are provided. By clicking the 'Update' button in each policy section, you can change the current values.
Password change cycle
After creating an administrator account, the administrator must change the login password after a certain period. On this page, you can configure the 'cycle' for when the administrator should update the login password.
In the password change cycle section, clicking the 'Update' button will display a screen where the cycle can be configured. Enter the desired cycle value and click the 'Save' button.
- Input rules: Numbers
- Input value length: 1 to 4 characters
- Default value: 30
'Update' button
'Cycle' configuration screen
Clicking the 'Reset' button will change the cycle back to '30'.
'Reset' button screen
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Account lockout policy
Provides a feature to enforce account lockout when a specific account exceeds a defined number of login failures. The account will be unable to log in for a set duration.
On the account lockout policy page, clicking the 'Update' button allows you to perform the related configuration tasks.'Update' button screen
- Allowed login failures
The number of consecutive login failures allowed (exceeding this number will prevent login for a specified period).
- Input rules: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (only numbers are allowed)
- Input value length: 1 character
- Default value: 5
If you enter a value that does not meet the input rules and click the 'Save' button, an error message will be displayed as shown below.
Error message screen
Allowed login failures must be a number between 1 and 5.
- Admin account lockout wait time
The time required before the account can log in again after exceeding the number of login failures specified in the 'Allowed login failures' field.
- Input rules: Only numbers 300 or higher are allowed
- Input value length: 3 to 4 characters
- Default value: 300
If you enter a value that does not meet the input rules and click the 'Save' button, an error message will be displayed as shown below.
Error message screen
Admin account lockout wait time must be a number of 300 or higher.
Clicking the 'Reset' button will revert the values in the 'Allowed login failures' field and the 'Admin account lockout wait time' field to their default values.
'Reset' button screen
When a general administrator or device administrator account is locked, the super administrator can manually unlock the locked account. In the 'Admin' menu, select the locked account and, on the 'Basic Information' tab page, choose 'Unlock' to immediately unlock the account.
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