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  2. NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide
  3. Section II. Managing security
  4. Managing user sessions
  5. Configure the maximum of failed sign-in attempts
NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

Configure the maximum of failed sign-in attempts

You can customize the maximum number of NetBackup failed sign-in attempts. The setting you choose applies only to the NetBackup web UI. To configure this setting from the command line, use nbsetconfig to set the GUI_MAX_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS and GUI_ACCOUNT_LOCKOUT_DURATION options.

To configure the maximum of failed sign-in attempts

  1. Select Security > User sessions.
  2. Click User account settings.
  3. Turn on User account lockout and click Edit.
  4. Select the number of failed sign-in attempts that you want to allow before an account is locked.
  5. To unlock a locked account after a period of time, select the number of minutes for Unlock locked accounts after.
  6. Click Save.

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