Users Manual

Table6.Securitymenuitems
Menuitem
SubmenuitemSelectionComments
HardwarePassword
Manager
•Disabled
•Enabled
Managingyourpower-on
password,supervisor
password,andyourhard
diskpasswordsbythe
managementserver.
SupervisorPassword
•Disabled
•Enabled
See“Supervisorpassword”
onpage48
.
LockUEFIBIOSSettings
•Disabled
•Enabled
Enableordisablethe
functionthatprotectsitems
inThinkPadSetupprogram
frombeingchangedbya
userwhodoesnothave
thesupervisorpassword.
Bydefault,thisissetto
Disabled.Ifyousetthe
supervisorpasswordand
enablethisfunction,noone
butyoucanchangeany
itemsinThinkPadSetup.
Passwordatunattended
boot
•Disabled
•Enabled
Ifyouselectandenable
Passwordatunattended
boot,apasswordprompt
isdisplayedwhenthe
computeristurnedon,
fromeitherapower-off
stateorhibernationstate.
IfyouselectDisabled,
nopasswordpromptis
displayed;thecomputer
goesaheadandloads
theoperatingsystem.
Topreventunauthorized
access,settheuser
authenticationonthe
operatingsystem.
Passwordatrestart•Disabled
•Enabled
Ifyouselectandenable
Passwordatrestart,
apasswordpromptis
displayedwhenyourestart
thecomputer.Ifyouselect
Disabled,nopassword
promptisdisplayed;the
computergoesaheadand
loadstheoperatingsystem.
Topreventunauthorized
access,settheuser
authenticationonthe
operatingsystem.
SetMinimumLength
•Disabled
•xcharacters(4≤x≤12)
Specifyaminimumlength
forpower-onpasswords
andharddiskpasswords.
Ifyousetthesupervisor
passwordandspecify
aminimumlengthfor
Password
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