Password Security - Panasonic KX-TAW848 Programming Manual

2.
The PC will not perform any shutdown operation, or enter the power-saving system standby
mode while the Maintenance Console is connected to the PBX.
To perform either of the operations above, first close the connection to the PBX.
CAUTION
Do not remove the SD Memory Card while power is supplied to the PBX. Doing so may cause
the PBX to fail to start when you try to restart the system.
1.2.2

Password Security

To maintain system security, system passwords are required to access certain programming
functions of the PBX. By giving different users access to different passwords, it is possible to control
the amount of programming that each user is able to perform.
The following types of system passwords are available:
Password
System Password for User Used with the user-level programmer code to access
System Password for
Administrator
System Password for
Installer
For more information about programmer codes, see 2.1.2 Access Levels.
Warning to the Administrator or Installer regarding the system password
1.
Please provide all system passwords to the customer.
2.
To avoid unauthorized access and possible abuse of the PBX, keep the passwords secret,
and inform the customer of the importance of the passwords, and the possible dangers if
they become known to others.
3.
The PBX has default passwords preset. For security, change these passwords the first time
that you program the PBX.
4.
Change the passwords periodically.
5.
It is strongly recommended that passwords of 10 numbers or characters be used for
maximum protection against unauthorized access. For a list of numbers and characters that
can be used in system passwords, see 1.1.2 Entering Characters.
6.
If a system password is forgotten, it can be found by loading a backup of the system data
into a PC, and checking the password using the Maintenance Console software. If you do
not have a backup of the system data, you must reset the PBX to its factory defaults and
reprogram it. Therefore, we strongly recommend maintaining a backup of the system data.
For more information on how to back up the system data, refer to the on-line help of the
Maintenance Console.
However, as system passwords can be extracted from backup copies of the system data file,
do not allow unauthorized access to these files.
Description
user-level PC programming. The installer can specify
which system programming settings are available.
Used with the administrator-level programmer code to
access administrator-level PC programming. The
installer can specify which system programming
settings are available.
Used with the installer-level programmer code to access
installer-level PC programming. All system
programming settings are available.
1.2 PC Programming
Format
4 – 10
characters
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