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* The '''Locked Users '''tab will display a [[List View Overview|list]] of all users that have had their account locked.  :: [[File:Locked user lists.png|800px|border]] * If a user is locked, you can click on the '''Set Password''' button on the '''View Locked Users''' tab to reactivate the account and send the [[User|user]] a new [[Password|password]].** ''Once an account has been locked for exceeding the number of permitted login attempts it will remain on the "locked users" list until the correct password is entered. This allows the administrator to see which users have been unable to log in, even if the configured lockout duration has passed and the account is no longer technically locked.''** ''When an account has been locked for exceeding the allotted number of attempts, after the lockout time has passed they are permitted only one attempt at the correct password. A single incorrect password at this point will re-lock the account for the configured lockout duration. In other words, once someone is on the "locked user" list they are only permitted a single wrong attempt and they will be locked for the lockout duration again. This prevents would-be intruders from having multiple attempts to guess the password each time the lockout duration has passed.''
The latter half of this page has the heading '''Intruder Email Alert - '''using a default template, it allows you to customize the email alert when someone has been locked out because of intruding attempts. 
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'''Intruder Alert Email Variables''' – because the [[User|user]] is not logged into the system, the amount of information available is limited to IP Address '''@ip@''', the attempted username '''@username@''' and date/time '''@now@''' of the attempted login.
 
* '''Lockout Message''' - a custom message to display to users when a user is locked out due to too many failed login attempts. This message will only display when a user has been locked out, and attempts to log in again with the correct password. Therefore, no information will be divulged to users that fail their login.
 
===Hierarchical Password Policy===
When viewing a company in your hierarchy, select '''Settings > Password Policy''' to define. <br/><br/>
 
A different password policy can be defined for each company within the system. <br/><br/>
 
If there are password policies defined for a company then it will automatically apply to all sub-companies in the [[Creating_an_Organization_Chart_and_Company_Hierarchy|hierarchy]], unless those sub-companies have defined their own password policy. <br/><br/>
 
If there are no password policies defined for a company, then the system will look at the companies above it in the hierarchy, and if one of these parent companies have a password policy set then it will use these settings. <br/><br/>
 
If there are no password policies defined for a company, or any of the companies above it in the hierarchy, then the password policy set in [[Global_Settings|Global Settings]] will apply.<br/><br/>
 
''NOTE:'' There are no settings stored in the database for a company until someone actually opens the Password Policy page for that company and clicks Save.
 
==View Locked Users==
This option is only available from the Password Policy on the [[Category:Global Settings|Global settings]]. It cannot be accessed for the individual Password policies for the different companies in your organizations hierarchy.
 
[[Image:ViewLockedUsers.png|1000px]]
 
The '''View Locked Users''' tab will display all [[User|users]] that have had their account locked.
 
* Once an account has been locked for exceeding the number of permitted login attempts it will remain on the "locked users" list until the correct password is entered. This allows the administrator to see which users have been unable to log in, even if the configured lockout duration has passed and the account is no longer technically locked.
 
* When an account has been locked for exceeding the alloted number of attempts, after the lockout time has passed they are permitted only one attempt at the correct password. A single incorrect password at this point will re-lock the account for the configured lockout duration. In other words, once someone is on the "locked user" list they are only permitted a single wrong attempt and they will be locked for the lockout duration again. This prevent would-be intruders from having multiple attempts to guess the password each time the lockout duration has passed.
 
* If a user is locked, you can click on the '''Set Password''' button to reactivate the account and send the [[User|user]] a new [[Password|password]].
 
==View Expired Users==
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