IBM SelectaDock III, User Manual

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Maintaining While Sharing the SelectaDock System
If the Multiuser lock is enabled, authorized people can access the
data on the hard disk drive in the SelectaDock III system and an
authorized ThinkPad computer can be attached to the SelectaDock
III system.
If each user manages the password:
All authorized users know the password (HDP) of the
SelectaDock system and each his or her own password
(HDP or PAP) for the ThinkPad.
“Each User managing the Password”
If the system administrator manages the password:
The system administrator sets the password to the
SelectaDock system (HDP) and all authorized ThinkPads
(PAP), and does not inform the users of the password.
Each authorized user can use the SelectaDock system
without knowing the password.
“Administrator Managing the Password” on page 4-6
Note:
HDP: Hard disk password
PAP: Supervisor password
Each User managing the Password
To set the password to the common hard disk in the SelectaDock
system, do as follows:
1
The administrator sets the HDP for the drive to be shared as
follows:
a) Remove the common hard disk from the SelectaDock
system; then install it into the one of the ThinkPad
computers.
b) Set the hard disk password to the common hard disk.
Note:
See the user's guide of the computer for how to set
the password.
Chapter 4. Using the Security Features
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