Trusted Solaris Administrator's Procedures

To Prevent Account Locking for Individuals

  1. Assume the Security Administrator role and go to an ADMIN_LOW workspace.

  2. Bring up the Solaris Management Console on the desired server with the desired scope, either Files, NIS, or NIS+.

    See "To Launch the Solaris Management Console", if needed, for how to bring up the Solaris Management Console.

  3. Bring up the User Accounts tool by clicking the Trusted Solaris Configuration icon, then clicking the Users icon. Enter the role password when prompted.

  4. If the user account does not exist, create it by double-clicking the User Accounts icon in the Navigation pane, clicking Add User in the Action menu, and then choosing With Wizard or From Template.

    Follow the instructions in the help text for how to fill in the fields to add a user account.

  5. Open the User Properties tool by double-clicking the User Accounts icon, then double-clicking the name of the user.

    The Properties dialog displays.

  6. Click the Trusted Solaris Attributes tab.

  7. In the Account Usage section, select No from the pull-down menu next to Lock account after maximum failed logins.