The Login Policy tab of the database properties controls the level of security for the Rational® DOORS® database.
Set the options on the Login Policy tab of the database properties. For information about accessing the database properties, see Configuring the Rational DOORS database.
You can set the following security controls on your database:
- Stop all users except database managers from logging in to the database.
- Set the minimum and maximum client versions that are allowed to connect to your database.
Note: These restrictions do not apply to the Rational DOORS database server administration tool, which is installed with the client.
- Set whether users must type a password to log in. If you want users to type a password, you can set more password rules on the Passwords tab. This field is read-only if you are using the Rational Directory Server for user authentication.
- Set whether system user names can be used to log in.
You must log in as the administrator user to set this option. If a system user name is not defined for the administrator user, you cannot set this option.
To define a system user name for the administrator user account:
- Click Tools > Options.
- Click the General tab.
- Type your system user name.
- Click OK.
Note: This field is read-only if you are using Rational Directory Server, and the Check system login credentials field is selected.
- Set the number of times a user can attempt to log in before the login dialog box closes. The number must be in the range 0 - 10. 0 means that there is no limit. The default is 4. The user name is never disabled, and the user can run Rational DOORS again and attempt to log in again. This field is not displayed if your system is using the Rational Directory Server for user authentication.
- Set the number of times a user can attempt to log in before their user account is disabled. For example, if this value is 3, users are allowed three attempts to enter the correct password and log in before their account is disabled. If you never want user accounts to be disabled, enter 0 (zero) in this field. The default is 20, which is the maximum value that you can enter. This field is not displayed if your system is using the Rational Directory Server for user authentication.
- Specify the users who receive an email when there is a failed login attempt, and the text that is included in that email.
- The fields that are read-only are set in other parts of the system, and are displayed here for information only. For information about the read-only fields, see the related topics.