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Preventing Changes to Administrator Settings

Limiting the settings that can be changed by each administrator

The settings that can be made for this machine vary depending on the type of administrator, allowing the range of operations that can be shared among the administrators.

The following administrators are defined for this machine:

  • User administrator

  • Machine administrator

  • Network administrator

  • File administrator

For details on the settings that can be made by each administrator, see List of Operation Privileges for Settings .

Register the administrators before using the machine. For instructions on registering administrators, see Registering and Changing Administrators.

Prohibiting users from making changes to settings

It is possible to prohibit users from changing administrator settings.

When administrator authentication is enabled, it is not possible for users to change administrator settings.

For details about configuring administrator authentication, see Configuring Administrator Authentication.