Lock and Unlock User Accounts

If genuine users are locked out, you can reinstate them by using a UserLock action. You can also use this action to lock user accounts manually.

TIP: You can also click Lock or Unlock in the User Details page in the IDOL Admin interface to lock and unlock users.

To unlock a user account

  • Send the following action to the IDOL Community component:

    http://CommunityHost:CommunityPort/action=UserLock&UserName=Username&Unlock=True

    where:

    CommunityHost is the name or IP address of the host on which the IDOL Community component runs.
    CommunityPort is the IDOL Community component ACI port.
    Username is the user name of the user whose account you want to unlock.

To lock a user account

  • Send the following action to the IDOL Community component:

    http://CommunityHost:CommunityPort/action=UserLock&UserName=Username&Unlock=False

    where:

    CommunityHost is the name or IP address of the host on which the IDOL Community component runs.
    CommunityPort is the IDOL Community component ACI port.
    Username is the user name of the user whose account you want to lock.