Lockout settings for Web Services (HTTP embedded) users
You can set the number of times a Web Services user can attempt to connect to an embedded Web Services server with an invalid password before Activator locks out the user. This is a safeguard against possible efforts by unauthorized users to access the server.
The user is locked out for a specified number of minutes. The user must wait until the lockout interval expires, unless an administrator unlocks the user before the interval ends.
Set lockout rules
Use this procedure to set the lockout rules for an embedded Web Services server. The rules apply to all Web Services users.
- Select System management on the toolbar to open the System management page.
- Click the Configure global transport settings task to open the Configure global transport settings page.
- Select the Global Web Services settings tab.
- Edit the following fields.
- Maximum retries before a user is locked out – The number of times a user can try unsuccessfully to log on before the user is locked out.
- Lock out length (in minutes) – The interval in minutes that a lockout is in effect.
- Click Save changes.
Unlock a blocked user
Use this procedure to unlock a locked out user of an embedded Web Services server before the lockout interval expires.
- Click Delivery exchange in the navigation graphic at the top of a community summary page.
- Click an embedded SFTP transport to open its maintenance page.
- Select the Directories tab and check whether any users have been locked out.
- Click Unlock to enable the user to try again to connect.
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