Appendix A - Windiscovery Global Password Feature - Symmetricom ND-CLK User Manual

APPENDIX A - WINDISCOVERY GLOBAL PASSWORD FEATURE

A significant feature has been added to WinDiscovery V2.6.0 and greater, which allows for the use of
global passwords. Prior to the implementation of a global password feature, a password was required to be
entered for each device being administered during a WinDiscovery session. With the global password
feature enabled, a single password may be entered once during an initial session. All devices with that
password may then be administered without entering the password for each device. The global password
information is saved in the registry of the computer running WinDiscovery.
To utilize the global password, select the "Global Password" button on the main screen of WinDiscovery.
[Note: The global password information is saved in the registry, and if enabled, does not require the
password to be entered during subsequent WinDiscovery sessions. To maintain security for your system
you may wish to disable the global password at the end of each session, or only place WinDiscovery in a
password protected user account or Administrator account which restricts access to the WinDiscovery
application].
[Note: The global password being used must exactly match the existing password on all the devices being
administered. For example, on any new system being installed, the factory default password on all devices
is "public". Therefore, the global password must also be set to "public". To use a global password other
than "public", the password for each device of the group must be changed using the "Set Password"
command (available on the right click menu of the item). The global password does not overwrite the
existing password for a device, therefore any device with a different password cannot be administered.]
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