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Locking and unlocking an administrator account

You can use the security login lock command to lock an administrator account, and the security login unlock command to unlock the account.

Before you begin

You must be a cluster administrator to perform these tasks.

  1. Lock an administrator account: security login lock -vserver SVM_name -username user_name

    Example

    The following command locks the administrator account admin1 for the SVM vs1.example.com :
    cluster1::>security login lock -vserver engData -username admin1

  2. Unlock an administrator account: security login unlock -vserver SVM_name -username user_name

    Example

    The following command unlocks the administrator account admin1 for the SVM vs1.example.com :
    cluster1::>security login unlock -vserver engData -username admin1