Failed Login Rules

How to get here

This page lists the failed login rules configured for this host.

From this page, you can perform the following actions:

  • View or modify a failed login rule. Click a rule name to open the details page for that rule. From there, you can view or modify its settings.
  • Create a failed login rule. Click Create to configure a new rule.
  • Delete a failed login rule or rules. Select a rule by selecting the checkbox beside the rule name.Select multiple rules by selecting multiple checkboxes. Once you have made your selection, click Delete to permanently remove the selected rule or rules from the host.
Failed login rules provide a security feature but this functionality can cause the sysadmin to be locked out. This can happen if a rule has an active option to deny access. If this rule is applied to a sysadmin or any groups the sysadmin is in, there is a risk that they will be locked out of the system. To resolve the permanent lockout of an admin there are few strategies that can be used.
  • Maintain a second admin on the system. Use this second admin to unlock first one.
  • In case of lockout you can access the system via RDC and create a new sysadmin using iftpaddu.exe.
  • If you have access to the database you can change table Host_Users:
    • UPDATE Host_Users SET Account_Disabled = 0 WHERE UserID = UID