User guide

88 DSView Installer/User Guide

3. Specify the password policies for the authentication service:

a. Type a number (from 1-64) in the Minimum Password Length field, or select it using the

spinner control.

b. Check the Passwords Expire checkbox if you wish to require a DSView user to change

their password after a certain amount of time. Specify the time by typing a number (from

1-365) in the Maximum Expiration (days) field, or select it using the spinner control.

c. Select Passwords must contain both alpha and numeric characters if new passwords must

contain at least one letter and one number.

d. Select Passwords must contain both lower and upper case characters if new passwords

must contain at least one uppercase and one lowercase letter.

4. Specify the lockout policy for the authentication service:

a. Select Lockout users after invalid login attempts if you wish to allows a DSView user to

have a specific number of attempts to log in before being unable to log in to the DSView

software. Continue to step b.

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Do not select the checkbox if you wish you allow a DSView user unlimited log in

attempts. Go to step 6.

b. Type the number of log in failures to allow a DSView user (from 1-25) in the Maximum

c. Select Automatically unlock users after the lockout period if you wish to allow a DSView

user to attempt log ins after a certain amount of time. Specify the lockout period (in

minutes) by typing a number (from 1-1440) in the Maximum Lockout Period (minutes)

field, or select it using the drop-down menu.

NOTE: 1440 is equivalent to 24 hours.

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Do not select the checkbox if you do not want to specify a lockout period. If you do not

specify a lockout period, a User Administrator or Administrator must manually unlock

locked DSView user accounts. See Unlocking DSView User Accounts on page 232 for

more information.

5. Click Save to save your changes.

6. Click Close. The User Authentication Services window will appear.

To modify custom field labels for internal user accounts:

Up to six custom field labels may be defined for DSView user accounts that use Internal

Authentication. The labels may be displayed for use in the User Accounts - All window in any way

you wish.

By default, the custom field labels do not display in the User Accounts - All window. To display

the labels, use the Customize button to add the labels to the window display. See Using the