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| author | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2009-02-28 10:46:59 -0800 |
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| committer | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2009-02-28 10:46:59 -0800 |
| commit | e07718bcdb3ff32febb4857f0788ff8e4f19d30f (patch) | |
| tree | 93108a0567262c3ead2cbfc666f3dcdbd9936ee8 /doc/menu.txt | |
| parent | b04916f5de7f8139607db83c184b832d6402cb0d (diff) | |
| download | syslinux-e07718bcdb3ff32febb4857f0788ff8e4f19d30f.tar.gz | |
Warn that timeout bypasses MENU PASSWD
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/menu.txt | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/menu.txt b/doc/menu.txt index fd5a44da..11abce07 100644 --- a/doc/menu.txt +++ b/doc/menu.txt @@ -451,7 +451,9 @@ F12 textfile background The menu system honours the TIMEOUT command; if TIMEOUT is specified it will execute the ONTIMEOUT command if one exists, otherwise it will -pick the default menu option. +pick the default menu option. WARNING: the timeout action will bypass +password protection even if one is set for the specified or default +entry! Normally, the user can press [Tab] to edit the menu entry, and [Esc] to return to the Syslinux command line. However, if the configuration |