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Table 13: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Security Menu
Menu Field
Options
Supervisor
–—
Password is:
User Password is:
–—
Set Supervisor
–—
Password
Set User
–—
Password
Minimum User
–—
Password Length:
Password on
• Disabled
Boot:
• First Boot
• Every Boot
Boot from
• All
Removable
• Supervisor
only
Media:
Floppy Disk
• All
Access:
• Supervisor
only
Hard Disk Secu-
–—
rity:
Owner
–—
Information:
Hard Disk Boot
• Normal
Sector:
• Write
Protected
Security Panel
• Disabled
on Resume:
• Enabled
Security Panel
• Enabled
on Resume:
• Disabled
Default
Description
Clear
A display-only field. Set is displayed when the system supervisor pass-
word is set and Clear when it is not.
Clear
A display-only field. Set is displayed when the general user password is
set, and Clear when it is not.
[Enter]
Sets, changes or cancels Supervisor Password. Supervisor Password
may be up to seven characters long and must include only letters or
numbers (no symbols). Passwords are NOT case-sensitive. To cancel a
password press [Enter] instead of entering characters in the Enter New
Password field and in the Re-enter New Password field. When a Super-
visor Password is set it must be used to access the BIOS setup utility.
[Enter]
This field can only be accessed if the Supervisor Password is set. Sets,
changes or cancels the User Password. A User Password may be up to
seven characters long and must include only letters or numbers (no
symbols). Passwords are NOT case-sensitive. To cancel a password
press the Enter key instead of entering characters in the Enter New
Password field and in the Re-enter New Password field. When a User
Password is set it must be used to access the setup utility.
[0]
–—
[Disabled]
When set to Disabled, no password is required. When set to First Boot,
password entry is required only before first boot. When Every Boot is
selected, password is required every time the system is booted.
[All]
When Supervisor Only is selected, only the Supervisor can boot from
removable media. Only the user who enters the Supervisor Password
before OS boot is treated as the Supervisor. When All is selected, boot-
ing from removable media is not restricted.
[All]
When Supervisor Only is selected, only the Supervisor can access the
floppy disk. Only the user who enters the Supervisor Password before
OS boot is treated as a Supervisor. When All is selected, floppy disk
access is not restricted.
–—
Configures hard disk security features.
–—
Sets Owner information.
[Normal]
Sets protection mode for hard disk drive.
[Enabled]
Allows you to enable or disable the Security Panel feature upon
Resume from Suspend.
[Disabled]
Allows the user to enable or disable the Security Panel feature upon
resume from suspend mode.
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