E-Mail Notifications
Based on Security Control settings, the system can automatically send e‑mail to users in the following security-related situations:
• When a user’s consecutive number of failed log-in attempts exceeds the number specified in Security Control, the system generates and sends e-mails to the specified administrator group. The e-mail text is similar to the following:
The purpose of this email is to inform you that a user has been deactivated for exceeding the maximum logon failures allowed as setup in Security Control. You have been included in this email distribution because you belong to the Administrator group identified in Security Control.
User ID deactivated for exceeding max logon failures allowed: User ID
This e-mail was automatically generated from a process. If you have any questions about this e-mail, contact the system administrator. Do not reply to this e-mail.
• When Password Creation Method is set to E-mail in the Password frame of Security Control, the system generates a new password and e-mails it to the user based on the e-mail address specified in User Maintenance. This occurs for new and existing users when Update Password is Yes in User Maintenance. The e-mail text is similar to the following:
The purpose of this e-mail is to inform you of your new temporary password. You have been sent this e-mail because Security Control has been set up to e-mail autogenerated temporary passwords.
Your temporary password is: password.
You will be forced to change this password at next logon.
This e-mail was automatically generated from a process. If you have any questions about this e-mail, contact the system administrator. Do not reply to this e-mail.
• When any field is updated in Security Control, the system generates and sends e-mails to the specified administrator group. The e-mail text is similar to the following:
The Security Control menu program has been used to change the security configuration of . Please review this information carefully to ensure that these changes will not compromise the system security. You have received this email because you belong to the Administrator group identified in Security Control.
Changes made by user: jnw
Changed Field: old, new
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Administrator Group: 200401170000219243.4321, 200312090000112641.4321
Password Expiration Days: 99, 0
Logon History Level: 2, 1
Maximum Access Failures: 99, 0
Header Display Mode: 1, 2
Enforce OS User Id: yes,
This email was automatically generated from a process. If you have any questions about this email, contact the system administrator. Do not reply to this email.
Note: Values shown in this message are those stored in the database and may not be the same as displayed in the user interface. For example, the Administrator Group values display as the unique object identifier (OID) codes associated with the old and new values in the database. The message is intended primarily to show administrators which fields were changed.