[syslinux] timeout and menu passwd in pxelinux

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Thu Sep 8 10:18:56 PDT 2005


Steven Shiau wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying the simple menu passswd in syslinux 3.11, and it seems that
> if I set the timeout option, the menu passwd is ignored. For example:
> 
> Then when I boot the client, it will automatically boot into local disk
> in 7 secs.
> I think maybe the password priority should be higher than timeout
> option, i.e. if the menu password is set, then timeout option should be
> ignored. Just my 2 cents.
> 

No, if that's what you want, then don't set the timeout option.

	-hpa




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