Maximum login attempts (Windows)

Module: Symantec Product Info

Supported Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP

This check reports pcAnywhere hosts that allow more than the number of login attempts secified in the value field.

The following table lists the error messages for the check.

Table: Error messages for Maximum login attempts

Message String ID and Category

Platform and Message Numeric ID

Message Title and Description

Additional Information

String ID: PCA_NO_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS

Category: Policy Compliance

  • Windows 2000 (109906)

  • Windows 2003 (209906)

  • Windows XP (204906)

Title: No login attempt maximum configured

Description:The listed pcAnywhere host is not configured to enforce a maximum number of login attempts.

Severity: red-4

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]

String ID: PCA_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS

Category: Policy Compliance

  • Windows 2000 (109907)

  • Windows 2003 (209907)

  • Windows XP (204907)

Title: Max login attempts too high

Description:The limit login attempts per call setting for the listed pcAnywhere host is larger than the value specified.

Severity: red-4

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]

String ID: PCA_NOT_INSTALLED

Category: Policy Compliance

  • Windows 2000 (109912)

  • Windows 2003 (209912)

  • Windows XP (204912)

Title: pcAnywhere not installed

Description:pcAnywhere is not installed on the agent machine.

Severity: yellow-2

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]