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RESET Command

Use the RESET command to reset to zero the number of invalid password attempts recorded for a specific user ID.

RESET {"Parms"}

Parms:

USERPASS userid
| VMXLINK requester [targetid [vaddr]]

Definitions

USERPASS userid

Clears the journal count for password violations committed by user ID while CA VM:Director was verifying that user ID was indeed the user.

VMXLINK requester [targetid [vaddr]]

Clears the journal count for a link password violation committed while the requester tried to define a directory link to the targetid vaddr minidisk. If you specify an asterisk for vaddr, the command resets journal counts for all minidisks owned by targetid. This is the default.

If you do not specify targetid, the command clears all invalid link password violations by requester while attempting to define a directory link. When you do not specify targetid and the RESET command resets the journal count for more than one user ID, CA VM:Director creates an audit record for each user ID.

Description

The RESET command clears the number of invalid password attempts recorded for a specific user ID. The JOURNAL record in the SECURITY CONFIG file sets the maximum number of invalid passwords that a user ID can enter before CA VM:Director prevents that user ID from doing either of the following:

• Using CA VM:Director commands if the password violations were in response to the verification password prompt
• Defining a minidisk link for any minidisks belonging to the user ID for which link passwords were violated

Invalid password counts are set to zero when the CA VM:Director service virtual machine is initialized.

The RESET command is similar in function to the JOURNAL command with the RESET parameter.

Note: If a directory manager exceeds the maximum number of invalid password entries while attempting to define a minidisk link on behalf of a user, the password violations are recorded against the directory manager. To clear the password violations recorded, issue the RESET command with the directory manager’s user ID as requester and the user ID of the minidisk’s owner as the targetid.

Examples

• To clear the invalid password record for HANK’s invalid attempts to use an CA VM:Director command, enter:

  vmdirect reset userpass hank
  

• To clear the JOURNAL count for EDDIE’s invalid attempts to define a directory link to the EARL 191 minidisk, enter:

  vmdirect reset vmxlink eddie earl 191
  

Note: To use the JOURNAL command as another method of clearing and resetting journal information, see the JOURNAL Command.