Advanced Access Settings
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.