{"id":22743,"date":"2016-02-11T22:01:47","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T06:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/22743\/how-to-set-automatic-user-account-locking-using-password-policy-settings\/"},"modified":"2019-02-01T02:49:55","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T10:49:55","slug":"configuring-failed-login-attempts-account-locking-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/22743\/configuring-failed-login-attempts-account-locking-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Configuring failed login attempts Account Locking Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Start ScreenSteps Content --><\/p>\n<div class=\"LessonContent\">\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Overview<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p>In <i>TopTeam<\/i>, <i>Password Policy Settings<\/i> is a set of rules designed to enhance security by automatically locking user accounts in certain scenarios.<\/p>\n<p>This article explains how to configure <i>Automatic User Account Locking<\/i> settings to ensure safety of application\/data and prevent unauthorized access to <em>TopTeam<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">NOTE<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">: <em>Password Policy Settings<\/em> are not applicable to users configured with external authentication method such as Active Directory (LDAP) and SAML 2.0.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Who should read this?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<ul>\n<li>TopTeam Users<\/li>\n<li>TopTeam Administrators<\/li>\n<li>IT Support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Step 1. From the Administration section of TopTeam, go to the Configure Global Settings page<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/wpid22842-media_1455001416585-1-1.png\" alt=\"wpid22842-media_1455001416585-1-1.png\" width=\"573\" height=\"268\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Step 2. In the Global Settings section, select Password Policy<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/wpid22846-media_1456141504224-1-1.png\" alt=\"wpid22846-media_1456141504224-1-1.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"343\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Step 3. Scroll down the Password Policy Settings section and specify Automatic User Account Locking settings<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/wpid22845-media_1455704813159-1-1.png\" alt=\"wpid22845-media_1455704813159-1-1.png\" width=\"695\" height=\"213\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p>Here, you can specify settings for automatically locking user accounts after repeated failed logins and unlocking it after a fixed time interval.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE: If the automatically unlock time interval is not specified, then the user needs to contact a <em>TopTeam Administrator<\/em> to unlock his\/her account.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Message for automatic locking of account after repeated failed logins is shown to users (TopTeam Web)<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/wpid22843-media_1455084487244-1-1.png\" alt=\"wpid22843-media_1455084487244-1-1.png\" width=\"598\" height=\"187\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p><strong>NOTE: All <i>TopTeam Web<\/i> images shown in this article are applicable <i>As Is<\/i> to <i>TopTeam Desktop App.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Message for account is locked and will be unlocked after the set time interval is shown to users<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/wpid22844-media_1455084549146-1-1.png\" alt=\"wpid22844-media_1455084549146-1-1.png\" width=\"599\" height=\"188\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">See Also<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/22752\/how-to-set-password-strength-rules-using-password-policy-settings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Configuring Password Strength Policy<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/22760\/how-to-set-password-change-rules-using-password-policy-settings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Configuring Password Change Policy <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/31096\/enhancing-security-in-topteam-using-password-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enhancing security in TopTeam using Password Policy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p>Revised: February 1st, 2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- End ScreenSteps Content --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview In TopTeam, Password Policy Settings is a set of rules designed to enhance security by automatically locking user accounts in certain scenarios. This article explains how to configure Automatic User Account Locking settings to ensure safety of application\/data and prevent unauthorized access to TopTeam. NOTE: Password Policy Settings are not applicable to users configured with external authentication method such as Active Directory (LDAP) and SAML 2.0. Who should read this? TopTeam Users TopTeam Administrators IT Support Step 1. From the Administration section of TopTeam, go to the Configure Global Settings page Step 2. In the Global Settings section, select <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[292,307,319,285],"class_list":["post-22743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-administration","tag-authentication","tag-password","tag-policy","tag-security"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paoaNA-5UP","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22743"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47057,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22743\/revisions\/47057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}