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JOURNAL Record

Use the JOURNAL record to control the monitoring of invalid password conditions.

JOURNAL warning

Configuration File

JOURNAL is defined in the SECURITY CONFIG file.

Definitions

warning

Specifies the number of consecutive invalid password attempts recorded for a user ID or device address after which a warning message appears on the system operator’s console. The minimum is 0, the maximum is 99999999.

Description

The JOURNAL record monitors the following invalid password conditions:

• Invalid logon passwords entered while using CA VM:Director commands
• Invalid link password entered from the Define a Link to Another User’s Minidisk selection on the User Selection Menu

Separate journal counters are maintained for each monitored condition. The counters are reset to zero whenever a password is correctly entered or when CA VM:Director is shut down; the appropriate counter is incremented by one whenever its password is incorrectly entered. If consecutive invalid attempts exceed the limit specified on this JOURNAL record, CA VM:Director prevents further attempts until someone issues the JOURNAL command with the RESET parameter against that password, or issues the REST command.

Example

The following record appears in the SECURITY CONFIG file:

JOURNAL 3

If JACK enters three consecutive invalid logon passwords, a message is sent to the system operator.