Set authentication max-attempts – 3Com WXR100 3CRWXR10095A User Manual

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set authentication max-attempts

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set authentication
max-attempts

Specifies the maximum number of login attempts users can make before
being

locked out of the system.

Syntax — set authentication max-attempts number

Defaults

For Telnet or SSH sessions, a maximum of 4 failed login

attempts are

allowed by default. For console or network sessions, an

unlimited number of failed login attempts are allowed by default.

„

number — Number of allowable login attempts for a user. You can
specify a number between 0 – 2147483647. Specifying 0 causes the
number of allowable login attempts to reset to the default values.

Access

Enabled.

History

Introduced in MSS 6.0.

Usage

Use this command to specify the maximum number of failed

login

attempts allowed for a user. If the user is unable to log in within the

specified number of attempts, he or she is locked out of the system, and
the user’s access must be manually restored with the clear user lockout
command.

Examples

To allow users a maximum of 3 attempts to log into the

system, type

the following command:

WX# set authentication max-attempts 3

See Also

„

clear user lockout

on page 274

„

set authentication minimum-password-length

on page 299

„

set authentication password-restrict

on page 300

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