Lock user in SAP

 Locking user is for temporarily deactivating the users from accessing the system.

Users can be locked in 2 ways:-

• Automatically

• Manually

Automatically

The users get locked automatically in two ways.

• Maximum number of failed logon attempts: - If the maximum attempts value is set to 3, which means that after 3 failed logon attempts user will get locked. This feature is controlled using the parameter login/fails_to_user_lock.
• Auto lock time: - The user access gets locked on the end of the day of the user retention period end date.

Manually

User can lock manually in two ways -

• Lock single user (SU01)
• Lock multiple user (SU10)

Process to lock single user

Step-1: Go to SU01 transaction.

Step-2: It navigates to the “user maintenance: Initial Screen”. Enter the username which is planning to lock and click on lock/unlock icon.

Step-3: It displays the lock status in the dialog box along with lock and unlock icons. Click on lock icon to lock the user.

Step-4: Verify the status bar message for user successful lock.

Process to lock multiple users

Step-1: Go to SU10 transaction.

Step-2: It navigates to the “user maintenance: Mass changes Initial Screen”. Enter the usernames which are planning to lock and click on lock/unlock icon.

Step-3: If all listed users got locked successfully it displays the below messages.