Password-protecting the Symantec Endpoint Protection client
Symantec Endpoint Protection
clientYou can increase corporate security by requiring password protection on the client computer whenever users perform certain tasks.
You can require the users to type a password when users try to do one of the following actions:
- Open the client's user interface.
- Stop the client service.
- Uninstall the client.This option works on the Windows client only.
- Import and export the client communication settings.
- To password-protect the client
- In the console, clickClients.
- UnderClients, select the group for which you want to set up password protection.
- On thePoliciestab, underLocation-independent Policies and Settings, clickPassword.Earlier versions ofSymantec Endpoint Protectionmay have some options that are worded differently, but you can still password-protect the client from thePoliciestab.
- In theClient Password Settingswindow, check any or all of the check boxes.If the boxes are grayed out, this group inherits policies from a parent group. Before you can proceed, you must either edit the policy in the parent group or disable inheritance for this group.
- In thePasswordandConfirm passwordtext boxes, type the same password.You can create a password that is between 6 to 256 characters in length.If you see a message that the password strength is not acceptable, consider increasing the strength of your password. However, you may still be able to save the password.CheckApply password settings to non-inherited sub groupsto modify the password protection settings for any child group that does not inherit its settings from a parent. This setting appears for a parent group only.
- ClickOK.