IBM RS/6000 44P 270 Service Manual page 216

If you type the password incorrectly, press the Esc key and start again.
If the two password entries do not match, an error icon displays with the error code
20E00001.
Note: After you have entered and verified the password, the privileged-access
If you previously had set a privileged-access password and want to remove it, select
the Remove icon.
After you have selected the Remove icon, the privileged-access status icon flashes and
changes to the unlocked position to indicate that the privileged-access password is not
set.
Attention:
been enabled, you are asked for the privileged-access password at startup every time
you boot your system.
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password icon flashes and changes to the locked position to indicate that your
system unit now requires the password you just entered before running system
programs.
If no user-defined bootlist exists and the privileged-access password has