You can apply a password with a maximum of 32 characters for Iomega media that support this feature. You cannot set read protection or write protection without a password on Iomega media. In this situation, you are prompted to provide a password.
You receive a warning message if you attempt to apply a password on media that does not support this feature.
Determine whether you want to enable or disable read protection or write protection and a password.
Enable read protection or write protection.
$ rmformat -W enable device-name Please enter password (32 chars maximum): xxx Please reenter password: |
$ rmformat -R enable device-name Please enter password (32 chars maximum): xxx Please reenter password: |
Disable read protection or write protection and remove the password.
$ rmformat -W disable device-name Please enter password (32 chars maximum): xxx |
$ rmformat -R disable device-name Please enter password (32 chars maximum): xxx |
Verify whether the media's read protection or write protection is enabled or disabled.
$ rmformat -p device-name |
This example shows how to enable write protection and set a password on a Zip drive.
$ rmformat -W enable /vol/dev/aliases/zip0 Please enter password (32 chars maximum): xxx Please reenter password: xxx |
This example shows how to disable write protection and remove the password on a Zip drive.
$ rmformat -W disable /vol/dev/aliases/zip0 Please enter password (32 chars maximum): xxx |
This example shows how to enable read protection and set a password on a Zip drive.
rmformat -R enable /vol/dev/aliases/zip0 Please enter password (32 chars maximum): xxx Please reenter password: xxx |
This example shows to disable read protection and remove the password on a Zip drive.
$ rmformat -R disable /vol/dev/aliases/zip0 Please enter password (32 chars maximum): xxx |