The following table explains how to address common problems that can
arise when using security.
Handling
Common Security Problems
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If you...
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You must...
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Lock yourself out of iFIX.
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Log in with an administrative user account and create
for yourself a new user account. The initial login name for such an account
is ADMIN and the initial password is ADMIN.
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Forget your password.
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Log in with an administrative user account and enter
a new password for your user account. The initial login name for such
an account is ADMIN and the initial password is ADMIN.
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Do not want security to automatically logoff operators.
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Enter 00:00:00
as the time-out interval for your user accounts.
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Want to login into iFIX from a picture.
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1. Add a push button to your picture.
2. Name the button Login.
3. Write a script to call the LogIn
subroutine.
For more information, refer to the iFIX Automation
Interfaces Help file.
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Want to protect the Alt+F4 keystroke.
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Start the Security Configuration program, click the
Configuration button from the Security toolbox, and click Enabled from
the Configuration dialog box.
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Want to access the Security Configuration program
without starting the SCU.
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Start the iFIX WorkSpace and click the Security
Configuration button from the Application toolbar (Classic view) or on
the Applications tab, in the System & Security group, click Security
and then click Security Configuration Utility (Ribbon view).
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