Setting a Password Expiration Duration

To specify the duration after which passwords expire, follow these steps:

1. SSH into your Gateway.

2. Elevate to root: su root

3. Create the file: /opt/haivision/madra/data/password_settings.json

4. Add the following content to the file, where the integer value represents the number of days after which passwords expire. The value must be between 1 and 90.

   CODE

   {
   	"lifespan":2
   }

Note

• When the password of the operator or user account expires, the password must be changed by the haiadmin account.

• When the password expires, after signing in the user is redirected to a Password Expired dialog:

  

To remove the password expiration:

1. SSH into your Gateway.

2. Elevate to root: su root

3. Delete the file: rm /opt/haivision/madra/data/password_settings.json