Account locking is a security feature in Identity Server that prevents users from logging in to their account and from authenticating themselves using their IS account. A user account can be locked in one of the following ways:
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Configuration | Description | ||
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Notification.Sending.Enable=true | This property enables the email sending function when the password account is unlocked. | ||
Notification.Expire.Time=7200 | The time specified here is in minutes. In this case, the notification expires after 7200 minutes. | ||
Notification.Sending.Internally.Managed=true | This enables the internal email sending module. If this property is set to false, the email sending data is available to the application via a Web service. Thus the application can send the email using its own email sender. | ||
Authentication.Policy.Enable=true | This enables the authentication flow level which checks for the account lock and one time password features. This property must be enabled for the account lock feature to work. | Authentication.Policy.Account.Lock.On.Failure=true | This enables locking the account when authentication fails. |
Authentication.Policy.Account.Lock.On.Failure.Max.Attempts=2 | This indicates the number of consecutive attempts that a user can try to log in without the account getting locked. In this case, if the login fails twice, the account is locked. | ||
Authentication.Policy.Account.Lock.Time=5 | The time specified here is in minutes. In this case, the account is locked for five minutes and authentication can be attempted once this time has passed. |
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- Start the IS server if you haven't already and log in to the management console using admin credentials.
- Navigate to Claims>List on the Configure menu and select the http://wso2.org/claims claim dialect. For more information about claims, see Claim Management.
- Select the Account Locked claim and click Edit.
- Select the "Supported by Default" checkbox and click Update. This is done to make the "Account Locked" status appear in the user's profile.
- Navigate to Users and Roles>List>Users on the Main menu and click on User Profile of the user you want to lock.
- If it is the first time this particular account is being locked, a textbox will appear in front of the Account Locked field as seen below. To lock the account, type true in the textbox and click Update.
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The Identity Server can be configured to send an email notification to the user when a user account is unlocked by an admin user. Follow the steps below to configure this.
1. Configure the following parameters in the <IS_HOME>/repository/conf/identity/identity-mgt.properties file.
| Configuration | Description |
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Notification.Expire.Time=7200 | The time specified here is in minutes. In this case, the notification expires after 7200 minutes. |
Notification.Sending.Internally.Managed=true | This enables the internal email sending module. If this property is set to false, the email sending data is available to the application via a Web service. Thus the application can send the email using its own email sender. |
Authentication.Policy.Enable=true | This enables the authentication flow level which checks for the account lock and one time password features. This property must be enabled for the account lock feature to work. |
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Notification.Sending.Enable=true Notification.Expire.Time=7200 Notification.Sending.Internally.Managed=true |
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2. Navigate to the <IS_HOME>/repository/conf/axis2/axis2.xml file and uncomment the following property. Change the parameter values according to your email (see the second code block below for an example of this).
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