GE Multinet 4 Instruction Manual page 91

CHAPTER 4: SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION
MULTINET4 MULTI-PORT SERIAL SERVER & MANAGED SWITCH – INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Table 4–13: Authentication: Policies
Field Name
Password Ageing Newly created accounts that are not part of the administration
(Days):
group can optionally expire passwords by setting this value to
the number of days a password is valid before a change is
required.
Accounts that attempt to log in prior to the expiration date may
change the password to reset the counter. Accounts that
exceed this setting without a password change will be forced to
change the password prior to accessing any other
configuration screens. Valid settings for this option are:
Default value = None
Existing accounts will start the password ageing on the login
attempt after this change is made.
Inactive User Newly created accounts that are not part of the administration
Expiration (Days):
group can optionally expire logins that are inactive exceeding
the value specified here.
A setting of 0 (default) disables this feature, otherwise the
number of days of inactivity before being locked out ranges
from 1 to 255.
Existing accounts will start the user expiration on the login
attempt after this change is made.
Field Value
• None
• 30 Days
• 60 Days
• 90 Days
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