Local Users Domains

For authenticating basic authentication users, set the configuration options:

Password Policy Configurations

Password Policy Option	Description
Minimum Password Length	The minimum required length of passwords.
Require Uppercase Characters	Require passwords to include uppercase characters.
Require Numeric Characters	Require passwords to include numeric characters.
Require Special Characters	Require passwords to include special characters (e.g. symbols).
Enforce Password Expiry	Enabling this option will allow setting a number of months before a password expires.

Account Lockout Policy

Account Lockout Option

Description

Lockout Mode

The following modes are available:

No lockout: No limit on password attempts.
Temporary lockout: Set a configurable number of attempts and a time (in seconds) to temporarily lockout the account.
Permanent lockout: Set a configurable number of attempts before locking out the account.

Accounts that have been locked out must be reset by an Admin.

Login Attempt Limit

The maximum number of failed login attempts before an account is locked.

Temporary Lockout Duration

How long an account should remain locked before allowing another login attempt, expressed in seconds.

Managing Users

Once the Local Users domain has been created, you can select the Local Users domain from the list of available domains from the Access>Domains section of the Admin Web Console. This brings up a window for editing the domain. Navigate to the Users tab to manage the users of the domain.

Creating a User

Select the New button to create a new local user that will be a member of the selected domain.

User Configuration Options	Required	Description
Username	Yes	The username of the user. Between 1 - 32 characters Valid Characters are (A-Z) , (a-z) , (0-9) , ( - ) , ( . ) , ( _ )
Status	N/A	Defaults to Active. A user with an Inactive Status will not be able to login.
Name	Yes	The name of the user.
Email	Yes	The email address for the user.
Password	Yes	The password for the user. Enable User is prompted to change password on next login.

Once the user is created, the user appears in the Users table that can be seen in the Users tab of the Edit Domain window. The following is an example user:

Selecting the user brings up additional properties about the user.

Additional User Properties	Description
Last certificate usage	The last date and time this user signed with a Signum certificate.
Locked out	This option will be enabled if a user has been locked out of their account based on the Local User domain password policy. The Signum Administrator can toggle this button to unlock the account.