Dell 2200 - Password Options; Table 4-2. Password Options

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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
Password
User
Password
1
Password
on Boot
Boot
Prompt
Setup
Prompt Comments
Enabled Disabled Enabled Yes Yes
2
You are prompted for a password at boot and for
access to System Setup. Supervisor password
must be entered for system to boot. Supervisor
password must be entered at setup prompt for full
use
3
of System Setup.
Enabled Disabled Disabled No Yes
2
Your are not prompted for a password at boot.
Supervisor password must be entered at setup
prompt for full use
3
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 partial
2
use of System Setup
and can access the diskette drive only if the Dis-
kette 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 System Setup.
1
The system always requests a password at boot if the user password is enabled.
2
If 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.
3
The user can change only the Date, Time, Num Lock, Speaker, and Set User Password categories unless the supervisor pass-
word is entered.