Password Options

Table 4-2 lists several ways the supervisor and user pass- word and the Password On Boot category can be used to provide security for your system.

Table 4-2. Password Options

Supervisor

User

Password

Boot

Setup

 

Password

Password1

on Boot

Prompt

Prompt

Comments

Enabled

Disabled

Enabled

Yes

Yes2

You are prompted for a password at

 

 

 

 

 

boot and for access to System Setup.

 

 

 

 

 

Supervisor password must be entered

 

 

 

 

 

for system to boot. Supervisor pass-

 

 

 

 

 

word must be entered at setup prompt

 

 

 

 

 

for full use3 of System Setup.

Enabled

Disabled

Disabled

No

Yes2

Your are not prompted for a password

 

 

 

 

 

at boot. Supervisor password must be

 

 

 

 

 

entered at setup prompt for full use3 of

 

 

 

 

 

System Setup.

Enabled

Enabled

N/A

Yes

Yes

You are prompted for a password at

 

 

 

 

 

boot and for access to System Setup.

 

 

 

 

 

If supervisor password is entered, you

 

 

 

 

 

have full use of System Setup and

 

 

 

 

 

access to the diskette drive. If user

 

 

 

 

 

password is entered, you have partial2

 

 

 

 

 

use of System Setup and can access

 

 

 

 

 

the diskette drive only if the Diskette

 

 

 

 

 

Access category is set to User.

Disabled

N/A

N/A

No

No

You are not prompted for a password

 

 

 

 

 

at boot or for access to System Setup.

 

 

 

 

 

You can change any category in Sys-

 

 

 

 

 

tem Setup.

1The system always requests a password at boot if the user password is enabled.

2If you press <Esc> at the setup password prompt, you can access the System Setup program, but can change only the categories described in note 3 below.

3The user can change only the Date, Time, Num Lock, Speaker, and Set User Password categories unless the supervisor pass- word is entered.

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Dell 2100/180, 2100/200 manual Password Options

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