These settings let you specify how many times users can login before they are locked out and for how long the users will stay locked out. You can also specify whether to allow multiple user or single machine sessions.
To set your database instance settings:
Open the Primavera P6 Administrator.
In the Configurations tab, expand your configuration.
Expand Database/Instance[n]/User Security.
In the Log Login Attempts field, choose whether login attempts to P6 are tracked in the logs. You can choose to log the following:
None
Failed Attempts
Successful Attempts
All
In the Login Lockout Count field, enter the number of times a user can attempt to login before the account locks.
The default is 5.
Enter anything from 0-100000.
Notes:
A setting of "0" allows an unlimited number of attempts.
The count resets after each successful login.
In the Login Lockout Duration field, enter the length of time that a user is blocked from logging into P6; starts when the user exceeds the Login Lockout Count.
The default is 1h.
Enter anything from 0-24d.
Note: The Admin Superuser can override this setting if they manually reset a user’s session. See Resetting User Sessions for more information.
In the Allow Multiple User Sessions field, choose whether a single user can simultaneously log into P6 on different machines.
The default is Yes.
You can choose one of the following:
Selecting "Yes" allows a single user to log in multiple times on the same machine or different machines.
Notes: The following restrictions apply when you select "Yes" for multiple user sessions:
Users must use Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 or higher when logging in more than once on the same machine.
If you want users to log in multiple times on the same machine (either with the same user name or with different user names), you must set the Allow Multiple User Sessions setting to Yes. The other settings will not allow the user to login multiple times.
When you create a second Internet Explorer Session you must either: (1) Launch an InPrivate session by selecting Tools, InPrivate Browsing from the IE menu; or (2) Run a new browser session from your first browser session by selecting File, New Session.
Selecting "No" allows a single user to log in only once with the same user name. If the user tries to login again while another session is active, the login will fail. A session can still be active if the user has closed the browser without logging out of P6. The user will have to wait until the session resets before they can login again.
Selecting "Single Machine" allows a user to log in once on a machine. The user can login again on the same machine if they close their browser without logging out; they will not have to wait for the session to reset. If they close their browser without logging out, they can immediately login again on the same machine they were using; the user won't be able to login on a different machine unless they wait for the session to reset.