you can recode the re-activation service so if there is no date it will not re-activate.
snowc sent the following on 9/5/2009 7:53 PM: > In MHO, while not permanently disabling accounts for failed logins may be > desirable, this behaviour is not desirable for the admin interface. The > default for the admin interface should be to permanently disable the > account. > > > David E Jones wrote: >> >> The reason for this (which is configuration in the security.properties >> file, BTW, and is documented in the production setup guide) is that >> repeated login attempts usually cause an account to be disabled, but >> people usually don't want permanent disabling because of the internal/ >> customer service headaches. Enabling after five minutes (and telling >> the user that will happen) still makes brute-force password guessing >> attacks pretty much impossible, but gives the user a way to get back >> in without making a phone call. >> >> -David >> >> >> On Jul 1, 2008, at 3:09 PM, Robert Volke wrote: >> >>> Wow, that did the trick. When I first saved the Enabled flag change >>> to N, it automatically populated the disabled date, so I deleted >>> this date and saved the change again. Now the disabled admin can no >>> longer login. It looks like if you simply disable an account and >>> leave the time stamp, it will automatically enable again in 5 >>> minutes. I'm not sure why it does this, and I didn't see a way to >>> change the end date for the disable so I'm going to inform my users >>> to use this work around. >>> >>> Thank you for all of the help, >>> Robert Volke >>> >>>>>> Bilgin Ibryam <[email protected]> 7/1/2008 3:53:22 PM >>> >>> Hi Robert, >>> >>> try to set the Enabled Flag to "N" WITHOUT Disabled Date Time. >>> >>> Bilgin >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. >>> >>> >> >> > -- BJ Freeman http://www.businessesnetwork.com/automation http://bjfreeman.elance.com http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=1237480&locale=en_US&trk=tab_pro Systems Integrator.
