Bookmarks in the Administration Console are used for simple and fast connection to a particular server. Therefore, they include complete login information, often including the password. If the Administration Console's host is accessed by an unauthorized person, bookmarks might be misused to get fragile information and perform undesirable configuration changes on the server.
The Administration Console therefore enables to protect bookmarks by password.
In the main menu, select the Tools / Protect Bookmarks with Password option to set password parameters.
By default (after installation of the Administration Console), no bookmarks are protected. Define a password and retype it for confirmation.
If bookmarks are already protected, the Tools menu includes the Change Password of Protected Bookmarks option instead. The Old password is required for personal authentication. The protection can be removed by leaving the New password and the Confirm new password entries blank.
Warning: It is strongly recommended to use the bookmark protection, especially if multiple persons use the Administration Console's host!
If bookmarks are password-protected, the password is required upon each startup of the Administration Console.
If the correct password is entered, bookmarks can be handled in the standard way (see chapter 3.2 Connection to the server and how to create bookmarks). If the dialog is canceled (for example when the user does not know the password), only the New connection option can be used that enables connection to the server without the possibility to create bookmarks.
The password authentication dialog box can be opened again by the Tools / Import bookmarks option (the password is also required if there is an attempt to use a bookmark).