Advanced Access Settings

Owned by Kevin Wu
Last updated: Jul 25, 2024 by Andrew Ewe
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The following advanced settings are always available in the Access Controller:

  • Number Of Consecutive Erroneous Login Attempts - The maximum number of failed login attempts that are permitted

  • Enable Logging For User Login - Failed login attempts are logged in the System Log.

  • Reauthenticate Users After Inactivity – Users must reauthenticate after a period of inactivity in the Desktop or mzsh shell.

  • Time of Inactivity Before Reauthentication (Minutes) – This is a configurable inactivity period.

  • Enable Automatic Unlocking of Users – Automatically unlock accounts that have been disabled due to failed login attempts.

  • Time Before Automatic Unlocking (Minutes) – This is the time that must pass before a locked account is automatically unlocked by the system.

  • Authentication Method - User authentication is by default performed in

    . As an alternative, you can connect

    to an external LDAP directory for delegated authentication. This facilitates automation of administrative tasks such as creation of users and assigning access groups.

 

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Advanced settings and authentication method

If the external authentication server returns an error or cannot be accessed, MediationZone will perform the authentication internally as a fallback method.