Setting Policies For User Accounts - PerkinElmer LabChip GX User Manual

Setting Policies for User Accounts

User Account Policies specify properties such as password options
and whether to require a signature when updating data files.
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On the LabChip GX Main
System Administration. The
opens.
Click the Set Policies button.
Set the options as desired:
• Password Expires After - The number of days until each
password expires. Range is 1 to 1000 days.
• Number of Retired Passwords to Remember - User
cannot reuse the specified number of old passwords. Range
is from 0 to 5.
• Minimum Password Length - The minimum length of each
password. Range is from 5 to 30 characters.
• Maximum Login Attempts - The maximum number of times
the user can attempt to log in before being locked out of the
LabChip GX software. Range is from 3 to 20. This option can
be disabled to allow unlimited retries without locking the user
out.
• Minutes to Automatic Lock - The number of minutes that
the software is inactive until the LabChip GX software locks
automatically. Range is from 5 to 4320 minutes (3 days). To
disable this option, clear the check box. To unlock the
software, see "Locking and Unlocking the Software" on
page 116.
• Require Signature on File Update - If selected, an
electronic signature is required to save modified data files.
Signatures can be performed by any user who has the
Perform Signature option selected in the
Window.
Click the Save button.
LabChip GX User Manual
Software Security 123
Window, select Security  User and
User Administration Window
User Administration
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