Ektron CMS400.NET Administrator Manual

Unlocking a Locked Account
NOTE
Getting Started
To change the number of unsuccessful login attempts that occur
prior to lockout, edit the value of the ek_loginAttempts element in
the web.config file. (The web.config file is located in your site’s root
directory.) For example, to allow only three unsuccessful logins,
change the value to 3. You cannot enter a value greater than 254.
Once an account is locked out, the Account Locked field is
checked in the user settings.
To unlock the account, an administrator user (or a user assigned to
the user-admin role) accesses the Edit User screen and unchecks
the box. At this point, the user can attempt to sign in again.
If you want to unlock all locked users at once, set the value of the
ek_loginAttempts element in the web.config file to -1. For more information
about the effects of this setting, see ”Disabling the Login Attempts Feature” on
page 9.
Manually Locking a User from Signon
You can use the Account Locked field (described above) to
manually lock a user out of Ektron CMS400.NET. To do so, go to the
Edit User screen, identify the user, and check the Account
Locked field.
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