Device protection enables you to view the software protection for a selected device and to either write protect, read-write protect or disable protection. The device protection options are:
Disable Protection
Write Protect Without Password
Write Protect With Password
Read-Write Protect with Password
In the Removable Media Manager window, click on a device.
From the Selected menu, choose Properties.
This option allows the user to disable software protections if the medium has been previously write or read-write protected.
If the media has been write protected without a password:
If the media has been write or read-write protected with a password:
This option allows the user to enable software protection.
To write protect without a password:
To write protect with a password:
To read-write protect with a password:
Command Line Option
To start the Password dialog box from the command line, type:
sdtmedia_prot [-w|-d] /vol/dev/rdsk/... |
—w |
If the device is not protected, write protects the device without a password and does not display any dialogs. If the device is already protected, displays an error dialog. |
—d |
Disable device protection. If the device is password protected, the user is prompted for the password. |
Use the command line options in the following to specify the degree of protection for a device.
To change your password, you must first disable the existing password protection and then apply the new password protection to the device. After entering your new password you will have to enable password protection.