Appendix A - Windiscovery Global Password Feature - Symmetricom ND-SERIES 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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