Netscape NETSCAPE DIRECTORY SERVER 6.1 - ADMINISTRATOR, Administrator'S Manual

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Managing the Password Policy
Chapter 7 User Account Management 269
For information on creating and modifying directory entries, see Chapter 2,
“Creating Directory Entries.” For information on inactivating user accounts, refer
to“Inactivating Users and Roles,” on page 272.
You can also use the Users and Groups area of the Netscape Administration Server
or the Directory Server Gateway to set or reset user passwords. For information on
how to use the Users and Groups area, see the online help that is available in the
Netscape Administration Server. For information on how to use the Gateway to
create or modify directory entries, see the online help that is available in the
Gateway.
Configuring the Account Lockout Policy
The lockout policy works in conjunction with the password policy to provide
further security. The account lockout feature protects against hackers who try to
break into the directory by repeatedly trying to guess a user’s password. You can
set up your password policy so that a specific user is locked out of the directory
after a given number of failed attempts to bind.
Configuring the account lockout policy is described in the following sections:
• Configuring the Account Lockout Policy Using the Console
• Configuring the Account Lockout Policy Using the Command Line
Configuring the Account Lockout Policy Using the Console
To set up or modify the account lockout policy for your Directory Server:
1.
On the Directory Server Console, select the Configuration tab and then the
Data node.
2.
Select the Account Lockout tab in the right pane.
3.
To enable account lockout, select the “Accounts may be locked out” checkbox.
4.
Enter the maximum number of allowed bind failures in the “Lockout account
after X login failures” text box. The server locks out users who exceed the limit
you specify here.
5.
Enter the number of minutes you want the server to wait before resetting the
bind failure counter to 0 in the “Reset failure counter after X minutes” text box.