Account policy

Use this page to set up an account policy. It lists all existing account policies including any predefined ones supplied with HCL Commerce by default. An account policy defines the account-related policies such as the password and account lockout policies.

On this page:

• You can create a new policy by clicking New.
• You can change the characteristics an existing policy by selecting the policy in the list and clicking Change.
• You can delete an existing policy by selecting the policy in the list and clicking Delete.

When you create a new account policy, complete the following fields:

Name

The name of an account policy, for example, my_account_policy. Enter a name for your account policy in this field when you are creating an account policy.

Password policy

Lists the pre-existing password policies. You need to select a pre-existing password policy when you are creating an account policy.

Account lockout policy

Lists the pre-existing account lockout policies. You need to select a pre-existing account lockout policy when you are creating an account policy.

To create the account policy, click OK. Once you have created an account policy, you can assign the policy to a user. Note that you cannot delete an account policy if it is in use (that is, a user is assigned to the account policy).