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using the security/password menu

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Setting Up and Using Your System using the security/password menu You can set administrator and user passwords to provide different levels of access to the system firmware: ■ The Administrator can access and change all settings in the EFI Boot Manager program and can run the EFI shell. ■ The User can access basic functions in the EFI Boot Manager. NOTE: This password limits access to the firmware interface only. You must create passwords if you want to limit access to the EFI. No passwords are set at the factory. This is not the OS password. For information on setting OS passwords, see your OS user guide. The Security/Password Menu of the EFI lets you change the administrator and user passwords: 1. Select Security/Password Menu. 2. Select either: ❏ Set Administrator Password ❏ Set User Password 3. Select: ❏ Set Administrator Password or Set User Password to set a new password ❏ Enable/disable Password to specify whether a password is required ❏ Help for assistance 4. When you are finished, select Exit. Getting Started Guide 1-21

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Getting Started Guide
1–21
Setting Up and Using Your System
using the security/password menu
You can set administrator and user passwords to provide different
levels of access to the system firmware:
■
The
Administrator
can access and change all settings in the EFI
Boot Manager program and can run the EFI shell.
■
The
User
can access basic functions in the EFI Boot Manager.
N
OTE
: This password limits access to the firmware interface only.
You must create passwords if you want to limit access to the EFI. No
passwords are set at the factory.
This is
not
the OS password. For information on setting OS
passwords, see your OS user guide.
The
Security/Password Menu
of the EFI lets you change the
administrator and user passwords:
1. Select
Security/Password Menu
.
2. Select either:
❏
Set Administrator Password
❏
Set User Password
3. Select:
❏
Set Administrator Password
or
Set User Password
to
set a new password
❏
Enable/disable Password
to specify whether a password
is required
❏
Help
for assistance
4.
When you are finished, select
Exit
.