Users—Authentication Policy Dialog Box

Description

Use the Users—Authentication Policy dialog box to view and edit the JUNOScope software user access policy, which applies to:

• All users already configured in the JUNOScope software using Settings > Users > Local Authentication
• All remote RADIUS users who have successfully logged in the JUNOScope software
• All new users created using Settings > Users > Local Authentication

An authentication policy includes the following data:

• Status—The user’s ability to access the JUNOScope software: Locked or Unlocked.
• Maximum login attempts—The number of consecutive login failure attempts allowed.
• Access window—A maximum time interval within which the failure attempts are done, depending on the authentication policy.

A default authentication policy is automatically generated for all users. The JUNOScope administrator can edit a user authentication policy.

Click Settings > Users > Authentication Policy.

Permissions

Superuser

Dialog Elements

The Authentication Policy table displays the following information:

Username column—The name of the user successfully logged in to the JUNOScope software.

Status column—The user account status can be either LOCKED or UNLOCKED. If a user account is LOCKED, that user is denied access to the system even if a user provides a valid username and password. The user is denied access until the JUNOScope administrator changes the status to UNLOCKED.

Actions column—Displays an Edit link that you can use to edit the user account maximum login attempts and access window.

Export button—Displays the File Download dialog box to export the authentication policy data in XML file format to the computer file system. The default authentication policy export filename is junoscope-auth-policy.xml.

Import button—Imports user authentication policy data from the computer file system into the JUNOScope software. The Import Results dialog box appears.

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