RE: possible to never disable specific user?

You could use exit points to check the user's status. If the profile is disabled notify "someone", this "someone" can then enable the account. This would be similar to Rob's MessengerPlus example.

Auditing the user profile in question will provide the T-PW entries needed to track down who disabled the profile. I've seen times where such profiles are deliberately disabled to halt work for one reason or another. Placing the one who disabled the profile in the limelight, so to speak, can go a long way to ensuring disabling is really an accident.

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Let me guess, 27 people know the password for QSECOFR. When you change that password someone screws it up and disables that account. Effectively doing a Denial Of Service attack against QSECOFR. So you are trying to prevent this DOS attack.

This fear of a DOS attack against your security accounts is why some people only have QMAXSGNACN vary off the device and not disable the user profile.

Of course, I feel your pain. But, expect someone to reply that your security accounts should be the ones which get disabled the fastest upon incorrect sign on. They have a point also.

Or, instead of QSECOFR, you have a 'generic' account for shop floor personnel or some such department?

For that case, the message monitoring is probably the desired solution.


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From: Hoteltravelfundotcom <hoteltravelfun@xxxxxxxxx>
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Date: 01/21/2015 10:37 AM
Subject: possible to never disable specific user?
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we have disabling of any user if failed password 3x,

can this be changed for specific user to never be disabled?