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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>On 27/12/04 9:03 pm, "Gregory Martinez" <gregmartinez@mac.com> wrote (in part):<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>I figured it out. If you select another disk in Startup Disk, it will boot up from that disk. It is only when someone inserts a disk or attaches a drive (without being able to select it in Startup Disk) that the Open Firmware Password app will stop the disk from booting. <BR>
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Hi Greg,<BR>
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I was just wondering if the same thing happens when one uses the open firmware password feature but not the GUI application for this? At what stage does the GUI app become active and request the password? I would have thought that the non GUI password feature would protect the machine hardware that is booting and therefore it wouldn’t matter what disk it was booting later...Maybe the GUI app is stored on the disk and that is why there is this situation. It would be interesting to hear from someone using the OF Password feature but not using the GUI app for this feature.<BR>
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That may provide a solution for you (albeit not the simplest or desired one).<BR>
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The only drawback to the non GUI app password protection is the fact that you are in open firmware and whoever is trying to get access to the computer can still do some irreparable damage if they are so inclined.<BR>
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Cheers,<BR>
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Richard<BR>
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