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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section II. Configuring hosts
  4. Configuring Host Properties
  5. User Account Settings properties
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

User Account Settings properties

Use the User Account Settings properties in the NetBackup Administration Console to customize the idle timeout and account lockout time for users.

Figure: User Account Settings dialog box

User Account Settings dialog box

The User Account Settings dialog box contains the following properties.

Table: User Account Settings dialog box properties

Property

Description

GUI Idle Timeout

Specifies the idle timeout if the NetBackup Administration Console is idle or if there is no activity on the console for a specified period of time.

Select the Enable auto log off timeout check box to enable the auto logoff timeout option.

Select the number of minutes to use as the timeout duration. The user session is automatically terminated after the specified time.

Note:

To terminate the session as per the GUI Idle Timeout settings, NetBackup requires the bprd service to be running.

Account lockout

Specifies the user account lockout duration if the number of invalid or failed logon attempts exceeds the specified number.

Select the Enable account lockout check box to lock the user out of the console for the specified duration:

  • Number of failed login attempts allowed: Select number of attempts to lock the user out of the account after that many unsuccessful login attempts.

    Note:

    To lock the user out of the account as per this setting, NetBackup requires the bprd service to be running.

  • Account lockout duration: Select a time period after which a user account is automatically unlocked after the set duration.

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