Skip Password Verification Registry entry

Specifies that verification of supervisor passwords may be skipped.

This entry is used for testing purposes. Certain functions within Vitalware require supervisor authorisation. When testing or trying a reproduce a reported problem it may be convenient for the tester to turn password authorisation off in order to avoid having to enter a supervisor's password.

Note: When this entry is set, the operator is still asked for the username and password of a supervisor but the input details are not verified.

Usage

This Registry entry can be assigned to users, groups and system-wide:

KeyUserGroupKeySystem
Key 1 UserGroup Key 1 System
Key 2 usergroup Key 2 Setting
Key 3 Setting Key 3 Skip Password Verification
Key 4 Skip Password Verification  
Value boolean Value boolean
UseruserSettingSkip Password Verificationboolean
GroupgroupSettingSkip Password Verificationboolean
SystemSettingSkip Password Verificationboolean

where:

boolean

is true (verification of supervisor passwords is skipped) or false (verification of supervisor passwords is not skipped).

Note: If this entry is not present, a setting of false is assumed.

Example

This entry will result in the password verification stage being skipped:

KeySetting
Key 1 System
Key 2 Setting
Key 3 Skip Password Verification
Value true