Administrative Settings

Accounts that possess the Administrator privilege can control options such as minimum password length, automatic log-off time and more. You can find these controls within the Administrative Settings dialog, which opens in response to "Options" in the security menu.

This panel is used to control security configuration options that apply to all accounts.

Refer to the documentation menu system, subtopics of this chapter, for details of each group of settings.

It's easier to work with one section of this dialog if you minimize the other sections.

Not all security configuration options are available in this menu. For example, the automatic lock-out feature, where users are locked out of their accounts for a period of time after N failed password attempts, is not configured in the user interface. For this and others, refer to the Security Propertieschapter in the reference section.

Notes:

• If it is your intention to share security between applications by selecting an OEM layer to provide the security configuration, do that before spending time configuring accounts and other security options in the current application.
• The Enable Logged Off VIC Sessions option is used for VTScada Internet Client (VIC) connections. When selected, a remote user can sign out, but retain a connection to the VTScada Thin Client Server. This ensures that the user can log back in, but at the cost of a client connection that is not freed for use by others while the client window remains open.