Module: check_mk
Branch: master
Commit: abbe387cc53102ba5c75ab5e13ec3982d4ca1cf1
URL: http://git.mathias-kettner.de/git/?p=check_mk.git;a=commit;h=abbe387cc53102…
Author: Mathias Kettner <mk(a)mathias-kettner.de>
Date: Thu Sep 8 14:17:07 2016 +0200
Better help text for locking of accounts after login failures
---
web/plugins/wato/check_mk_configuration.py | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/web/plugins/wato/check_mk_configuration.py b/web/plugins/wato/check_mk_configuration.py
index 5bc87f4..9472072 100644
--- a/web/plugins/wato/check_mk_configuration.py
+++ b/web/plugins/wato/check_mk_configuration.py
@@ -849,8 +849,12 @@ register_configvar(group,
none_value = False,
title = _("Lock user accounts after N logon failures"),
label = _("Activate automatic locking of user accounts"),
- help = _("This options enables automatic locking of user account after "
- "N logon failures. One successful login resets the failure counter.")
+ help = _("This options enables automatic locking of user accounts after "
+ "the configured number of consecutive invalid login attempts. "
+ "Once the account is locked only an admin user can unlock it. "
+ "Beware: Also the admin users will be locked that way. You need "
+ "to manually edit <tt>etc/htpasswd</tt> and remove the <tt>!</tt> "
+ "in case you are locked out completely."),
),
domain = "multisite"
)