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Security Menu
You can make the following selections on the Security Menu. Enabling the Supervisor Password
field requires a password for entering Setup. The passwords are not case sensitive.
Table 16.
Security Menu
Feature
Administrator Password is
User Password is
Set Administrative Password
Set User Password
Password on Boot
Fixed Disk Boot Sector
System Backup Reminder
Virus Check Reminder
Secure Mode Timer
Secure Mode Hot Key
(Ctrl-Alt- )
Secure Mode Boot
Video Blanking
Floppy Write Protect
Choices
Description
Clear
Status only; user cannot modify. Once set, this can be
Set
disabled by setting it to a null string or by clearing password
jumper on baseboard (see "Baseboard Jumpers,"
page 151).
Clear
Status only; user cannot modify. Once set, this can be
Set
disabled by setting it to a null string or by clearing password
jumper on baseboard (see "Baseboard Jumpers," page 151).
Press Enter
When the <Enter> key is pressed, the user is prompted for a
password; press ESC key to abort. Once set, this can be
disabled by setting it to a null string or by clearing password
jumper on baseboard (see "Baseboard Jumpers," page 151).
Press Enter
When the <Enter> key is pressed, the user is prompted for a
password; press ESC key to abort. Once set, this can be
disabled by setting it to a null string or by clearing password
jumper on baseboard (see "Baseboard Jumpers," page 151).
Disabled
If enabled and the user password is set, the system prompts
Enabled
the user for a password before the system boots.
Normal
Write-protects boot sector on hard disk to protect against
Write
viruses.
Protect
Disabled
Displays system-backup reminder message at boot.
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Disabled
Displays virus-check reminder message at boot.
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Disabled
Period of keyboard or PS/2 mouse inactivity specified for
1, 2, 5, 10,
secure mode to activate. A password is required for secure
or 20 min
mode to function. Cannot be enabled unless at least one
1 or 2 hr
password is enabled.
[ ]
Key assigned to invoke the secure mode feature. Cannot
[A, B, ..., Z]
be enabled unless at least one password is enabled. Can
[0-9]
be disabled by entering a new key followed by a backspace
or by entering <Delete>.
Disabled
System boots in secure mode. The user must enter a
Enabled
password to unlock the system. Cannot be enabled unless
at least one password is enabled.
Disabled
Blank video when secure mode is activated. The user must
Enabled
enter a password to unlock the system. Cannot be enabled
unless at least one password is enabled.
Disabled
When secure mode is activated, the diskette drive is write
Enabled
protected. The user must enter a password to reenable
diskette writes. Cannot be enabled unless at least one
password is enabled.
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