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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:Secure prevents that user ID from doing any of the following:

• Autologging, xautologging, linking, or logging on, depending on which monitored condition went over the maximum JOURNAL number in the SECURITY CONFIG file
• Using CA VM:Secure 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:Secure 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 user ID as requester and the user ID of the minidisk owner as the targetid.

Examples

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

  vmsecure reset userpass hank
  

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

  vmsecure reset vmxlink eddie earl 191
  

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