User's Guide Part 2

Managing security Chapter 6 Operation
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UNDER DEVELOPMENT
Feb 2010
Table 6-9 User accounts attributes
Attribute Meaning
Best Practice Passwords Disable or enable best practice password rules.
When this is enabled, the following rules are applied to all
passwords:
Passwords are case sensitive.
Password must contain at least eight characters.
Passwords must contain at least:
• One uppercase letter.
• One lowercase letter.
• One numeral.
• One special character:
!\"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~
Auto Logout Period The time without user activity that elapses before a user is
automatically logged out (minutes).
Maximum Number of
Login Attempts
The maximum number of login attempts (with incorrect
password) that are allowed before a user is locked out.
Login Attempt Lockout
Period
The time that elapses before a locked out user is allowed to log
in again (minutes).
Password Expiry Period The time that elapses before a password expires (days). When
a password has expired, the user is forced to change it.
Minimum Password
Change Period
The minimum time that elapses before a user is allowed to
change a password (minutes).
Identity Based User
Accounts
Enable or disable identity-based user accounts.
When this is disabled, access to the web interface is controlled
by a single system administration password, and the user
account data entry table is disabled.
When this is enabled, the user account data entry table is
enabled. For more information, refer to
Creating or updating
identity-based users
on page 6-93.