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Setting BIOS Passwords

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Setting Up and Using Your HP Visualize Linux Workstation Setting BIOS Passwords Setting BIOS Passwords You can set two BIOS passwords, the Hardware Administrator (or Supervisor) password and the Hardware User password, to provide two levels of protection for your HP VISUALIZE Linux Workstation. You set both passwords using the Security menu in the Setup program (refer to the section "The HP BIOS Summary Screen and Setup Program" in the chapter "Troubleshooting Your HP VISUALIZE Linux Workstation"). Setting a Password To set a Hardware Administrator or User password: 1. Start the BIOS Setup program (refer to the section "The HP BIOS Summary Screen and Setup Program" in the chapter "Troubleshooting Your HP VISUALIZE Linux Workstation"). 2. Select the Security menu. 3. Select the Administrator or User password submenu. 4. Choose the Set Administrator or User password setup item. You will be asked to enter your password twice. 5. To save your changes and exit the Setup program press Exit Menu, then Exit Saving Changes. or select To remove the password, follow the same procedure as to set a password. You will be asked to enter the existing password first. Then, for the new password, leave the password field blank and press . To confirm your choice, press a second time. 14 Chapter 1

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Chapter 1
Setting Up and Using Your HP Visualize Linux Workstation
Setting BIOS Passwords
Setting BIOS Passwords
You can set two BIOS passwords, the Hardware Administrator (or
Supervisor) password and the Hardware User password, to provide two
levels of protection for your HP V
ISUALIZE
Linux Workstation. You set
both passwords using the Security menu in the
Setup
program (refer to
the section “The HP BIOS Summary Screen and Setup Program” in the
chapter “Troubleshooting Your HP V
ISUALIZE
Linux Workstation”).
Setting a Password
To set a Hardware Administrator or User password:
1.
Start the
BIOS Setup
program (refer to the section “The HP BIOS
Summary
Screen
and
Setup
Program”
in
the
chapter
“Troubleshooting Your HP V
ISUALIZE
Linux Workstation”).
2.
Select the Security menu.
3.
Select the Administrator or User password submenu.
4.
Choose the Set Administrator or User password setup item. You will
be asked to enter your password twice.
5.
To save your changes and exit the
Setup
program press
or select
Exit Menu, then Exit Saving Changes.
To remove the password, follow the same procedure as to set a password.
You will be asked to enter the existing password first. Then, for the new
password, leave the password field blank and press
. To confirm
your choice, press
a second time.