Security Menu

You can make the following selections on the Security Menu. Enabling the Supervisor Password field requires a password for entering Setup. The passwords are not case sensitive.

Table 26. Security Menu

Feature

Choices

Description

User Password is

Clear

Status only; user cannot modify. Once set, this can be

 

Set

disabled by setting it to a null string or by clearing password

 

 

jumper on baseboard (see “Password Clear Jumper,”

 

 

page 110).

Administrator Password is

Clear

Status only; user cannot modify. Once set, this can be

 

Set

disabled by setting it to a null string or by clearing

 

 

password jumper on baseboard (see “Password Clear

 

 

Jumper” page 110).

Set User Password

Press Enter

When the <Enter> key is pressed, the user is prompted for a

 

 

password; press ESC key to abort. Once set, this can be

 

 

disabled by setting it to a null string or by clearing password

 

 

jumper on baseboard (see “Password Clear Jumper”

 

 

page 110).

Set Administrative Password

Press Enter

When the <Enter> key is pressed, the user is prompted for a

 

 

password; press ESC key to abort. Once set, this can be

 

 

disabled by setting it to a null string or by clearing password

 

 

jumper on baseboard (see “Password Clear Jumper”

 

 

page 110).

Password on Boot

Disabled

If enabled and the user password is set, the system

 

Enabled

prompts the user for a password before the system boots.

Fixed Disk Boot Sector

Normal

Write-protects boot sector on hard disk to protect against

 

Write Protect

viruses.

Secure Mode Timer

Disabled

Period of keyboard or PS/2 mouse inactivity specified for

 

1, 2, 5, 10,

secure mode to activate. A password is required for

 

or 20 min

secure mode to function. Cannot be enabled unless at

 

1 or 2 hr

least one password is enabled.

Secure Mode Hot Key

[ ]

Key assigned to invoke the secure mode feature. Cannot

(Ctrl-Alt- )

[A, B, ..., Z]

be enabled unless at least one password is enabled. Can

 

[0-9]

be disabled by entering a new key followed by a

 

 

backspace or by entering <Delete>.

Secure Mode Boot

Disabled

System boots in secure mode. The user must enter a

 

Enabled

password to unlock the system. Cannot be enabled unless

 

 

at least one password is enabled.

Video Blanking

Disabled

Blank video when secure mode is activated. The user

 

Enabled

must enter a password to unlock the system. Cannot be

 

 

enabled unless at least one password is enabled.

Floppy Write Protect

Disabled

When secure mode is activated, the diskette drive is write

 

Enabled

protected. The user must enter a password to re-enable

 

 

diskette writes. Cannot be enabled unless at least one

 

 

password is enabled.

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