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Passwords can be reset in Security Builder. How passwords can be reset depends on how passwords are
managed. Only a user with CENTUM VP administrator privilege can reset passwords.
In Windows authentication mode, resetting the password is managed in Windows environment.

l Password Reset Operation when Passwords are Managed Locally

on Each HIS
1. Select a user whose password you want to reset in the Valid User tab (multiple selections are
allowed).
2. Select [Edit] and then [Reset Password...]. The Password Reset confirmation dialog box appears.

Figure 3.1-15 Password Reset Confirmation Dialog Box (When Passwords are Managed Locally on
Each HIS)

TIP [xxxxxxxx] displayed after [Account:] in the Password Reset confirmation dialog box refers to the
user name of the user whose password is to be reset.

3. In the Password Reset confirmation dialog box, select an HIS for which you want to reset the
password (multiple selections are allowed) and click the [Execute] button. If you have selected
multiple users, perform this operation for all the users.
The passwords are reset when you finish the operation for all the selected users.

l Password Reset Operation when Passwords are Managed

Commonly for All HISs
1. Select a user whose password you want to reset in the Valid User tab (multiple selections are
allowed).
2. Select [Edit] and then [Reset Password...]. The Password Reset confirmation dialog box appears.

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Figure 3.1-16 Password Reset Confirmation Dialog Box (When Passwords are Managed Commonly
for All HISs)

TIP [xxxxxxxx] displayed in the Password Reset confirmation dialog box refers to the user name of the
user whose password is to be reset.

3. To reset the user’s password, click the [Yes] button in the Reset Password confirmation dialog box. If
you have selected multiple users, perform this operation for all the users.
The passwords are reset in all the HISs when you finish the operation for all the selected users.

TIP Passwords are not carried over when user authentication mode is changed. Register passwords
separately in the respective modes.

n Notification of Continuous Invalid Logon Attempts

In Windows authentication mode, this feature is managed in Windows environment. Therefore, settings
for this feature are not required.
In order to protect HIS from intruders, the logon attempts with invalid password and user name are
monitored. If the attempts are continued for number of times, a system alarm message number 0891 is
initiated to alert for the illegal access. This system alarm message is then logged into the HIS historical
messages’ audit trail of the HIS operation group. The system alarm message contains the HIS station
name and the last invalid user name.
Invalid logon attempts are counted in each HIS, the used users are irrelevant. For an example, if five is
set, the system alarm about user name “BBBB” occurs after “AAAA” logon continuously attempted for
four times and “BBBB” logon attempted for one time. When the alarm is initiated, it will occur at every
invalid logon attempt until the logon successes. When the logon successes, the counted number of
invalid logon attempts is reset.
The invalid logon attempts are counted under the following circumstances:
• Logon to user-in window fails
• Authentication fails when operating on “Confirmation with Password” dialog box and on “Double
Authenticated Confirmation” dialog box.
• Changing a password

l Number of Continuous Invalid Logon Attempts

This number (0 to 10) is set on Security tab of HIS Utility.
The number of continuous invalid logon attempts set on this dialog box is valid only for this HIS, other
HISs need to be set separately. Each user’s logon attempts cannot be counted. If [Send a notification
after __ invalid logon attempts] is set with a zero (0), it means the invalid logon attempts are not
counted. If 1 is set, the system alarm occurs at every logon failures. By default, zero (0) is set to this
setting item.

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