---
title: Error Log Account Status Notification Handler
description: The Error Log Account Status Notification Handler is a notification handler that writes information to the server error log whenever an appropriate account status event occurs.
component: pingds
version: 8.1
page_id: pingds:configref:objects-error-log-account-status-notification-handler
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingds/8.1/configref/objects-error-log-account-status-notification-handler.html
section_ids:
  parent: Parent
  error_log_account_status_notification_handler_properties: Error Log Account Status Notification Handler properties
  basic_properties: Basic properties
  account-status-notification-type: account-status-notification-type
  enabled: enabled
  advanced_properties: Advanced properties
  java-class: java-class
---

# Error Log Account Status Notification Handler

The Error Log Account Status Notification Handler is a notification handler that writes information to the server error log whenever an appropriate account status event occurs.

## Parent

The Error Log Account Status Notification Handler object inherits from [Account Status Notification Handler](objects-account-status-notification-handler.html).

## Error Log Account Status Notification Handler properties

You can use configuration expressions to set property values at startup time. For details, see [Property value substitution](expressions.html).

| Basic Properties                                                                          | Advanced Properties       |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------- |
| [account-status-notification-type](#account-status-notification-type) [enabled](#enabled) | [java-class](#java-class) |

### Basic properties

Use the `--advanced` option to access advanced properties.

### account-status-notification-type

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| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| *Synopsis*              | Indicates which types of event can trigger an account status notification.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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| *Allowed values*        | * account-disabled: Generate a notification whenever a user account has been disabled by an administrator.

* account-enabled: Generate a notification whenever a user account has been enabled by an administrator.

* account-expired: Generate a notification whenever a user authentication has failed because the account has expired.

* account-idle-locked: Generate a notification whenever a user account has been locked because it was idle for too long.

* account-permanently-locked: Generate a notification whenever a user account has been permanently locked after too many failed attempts.

* account-reset-locked: Generate a notification whenever a user account has been locked, because the password had been reset by an administrator but not changed by the user within the required interval.

* account-temporarily-locked: Generate a notification whenever a user account has been temporarily locked after too many failed attempts.

* account-unlocked: Generate a notification whenever a user account has been unlocked by an administrator.

* password-changed: Generate a notification whenever a user changes his/her own password.

* password-expired: Generate a notification whenever a user authentication has failed because the password has expired.

* password-expiring: Generate a notification whenever a password expiration warning is encountered for a user password for the first time.

* password-reset: Generate a notification whenever a user's password is reset by an administrator. |
| *Multi-valued*          | Yes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| *Required*              | Yes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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| *Read-only*             | No                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |

### enabled

|                         |                                                                                                                                                        |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| *Synopsis*              | Indicates whether the Account Status Notification Handler is enabled. Only enabled handlers are invoked whenever a related event occurs in the server. |
| *Default value*         | None                                                                                                                                                   |
| *Allowed values*        | truefalse                                                                                                                                              |
| *Multi-valued*          | No                                                                                                                                                     |
| *Required*              | Yes                                                                                                                                                    |
| *Admin action required* | None                                                                                                                                                   |
| *Advanced*              | No                                                                                                                                                     |
| *Read-only*             | No                                                                                                                                                     |

## Advanced properties

Use the `--advanced` option to access advanced properties.

### java-class

|                         |                                                                                                                                      |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| *Synopsis*              | Specifies the fully-qualified name of the Java class that provides the Error Log Account Status Notification Handler implementation. |
| *Default value*         | org.opends.server.extensions.ErrorLogAccountStatusNotificationHandler                                                                |
| *Allowed values*        | A Java class that extends or implements:- org.opends.server.api.AccountStatusNotificationHandler                                     |
| *Multi-valued*          | No                                                                                                                                   |
| *Required*              | Yes                                                                                                                                  |
| *Admin action required* | The object must be disabled and re-enabled for changes to take effect.                                                               |
| *Advanced*              | Yes                                                                                                                                  |
| *Read-only*             | No                                                                                                                                   |