Password Policy and user account lockout in OAM

Hi folks,
I'm new to OAM and have rather silly question: I created Password Policy where I've defined the Number of login tries allowed, Custom Account Lockout Redirect URL, etc. Now, how do I tie it to the authentication / authorization rules inside my Policy Domain which I'm using to protect a certain resource?
Thank you
Roman

Hi Colin,
I do have the validate_password plugins defined in the Authent scheme, here they are:
credential_mapping      obMappingBase="xxxxxx"
validate_password      obCredentialPassword="password"
validate_password      obReadPasswdMode="LDAP"
validate_password      obWritePasswdMode="LDAP"
Yet, after the third unsuccessful login, nothing happens. I still don't get it how the password policy I've created kicks into the action? Should it be evaluated each time a user attempts an access? Is it getting engaged due to the validate password plugin names?
I've also noticed that the only default step I have in the Authent scheme doesn't list the last two validate password plugins in it. Does it have to?
Thanks Roman
Edited by: roman_zilist on Dec 17, 2009 9:12 AM

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