Administrator password

Setting an administrator password deters unauthorized persons from changing configuration settings. If you are responsible for maintaining the settings of several computers, you might want to set an administrator password.

After you set an administrator password, a password prompt is displayed each time you try to access the IBM Setup Utility program. If you type the wrong password, you will see an error message. If you type the wrong password three times, you must turn the computer off and start again.

If both the user and administrator passwords are set, you can type either password. However, to change any configuration settings, you must use your administrator password.

Setting, changing, and deleting a password

To set, change, or delete a password, do the following:

Note: A password can be any combination of up to seven characters (A- Z, a-z, and 0-9). To set a user password, an administrator password must be set.

1.Start the IBM Setup Utility program (see “Starting and using the IBM Setup Utility program” on page 27).

2.From the IBM Setup Utility program menu, select System Security and press Enter. Press F1 for help when setting, changing or deleting passwords.

Using Security Profile by Device

Security Profile by Device is used to enable or disable user access to the following devices:

IDE controller

When this feature is set to Disabled, all devices connected to

 

the IDE controller (such as hard disk drives) are disabled and

 

will not be displayed in the system configuration.

Diskette Drive Access

When this feature is set to Disabled, the diskette drive cannot

 

be accessed.

Diskette Write Protect

When this feature is set to Enabled, all diskettes are treated as

 

if they are write-protected.

To set Security Profile by Device, do the following:

1.Start the IBM Setup Utility program (see “Starting and using the IBM Setup Utility program” on page 27).

2.From the IBM Setup Utility program menu, select System Security and press Enter.

3.Select Security Profile by Device and press Enter.

4.Select the desired devices and settings and press Enter.

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