Before You Begin
Before You Begin
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When to Use
the Security
Feature
If the password security feature is not enabled, whenever a
user enters console mode, he or she can use all of the privileged
console commands, such as
halt, set, deposit
, and
initialize
.
Using the password security feature lets you restrict access to
these key console mode functions.
Privileged
Commands
Once you invoke the password security feature, and change the
secure system jumper, privileged console commands become
protected–you can access these commands only if you log in to
the system with the
login
command at the console prompt.
In general, any commands that modify memory and registers,
or that transfer CPU control from the console monitor to
another program, such as
boot
(with parameters) or
start
, are
considered privileged commands.
List of
Commands
Table 11–1 lists both privileged and non-privileged console
commands.
11–2 Using the Password Security Feature
