Quick Reference Guide

TIC Commands 463
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Example
The following example configures the number of days that a password is relevant for tracking its
password history to 120.
passwords lockout
The passwords lockout Global Configuration mode command sets the number of failed login
attempts before a user account is locked. Use the no form of this command to remove this
condition.
Syntax
• passwords lockout number
• no passwords lockout
• number — Number of failed login attempts before the user account is locked. (Range: 1 - 5)
Default Configuration
No locked user account due to failed login attempts.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode.
User Guidelines
• Relevant to local user passwords, line passwords, and enable passwords.
• The user account can still access the local console.
• A different administrator, with privilege level 15, can release a locked account by using the
set
username active
command.
Example
The following example configures the number of failed login attempts before a user account is
locked to 3.
Console(config)# passwords history hold-time 120
Console(config)# passwords lockout 3