User's Manual

10 Chapter 2
Locking the Thin Client
To help ensure that no one else can access your private information without permission,
Wyse ThinOS allows you to lock your thin client so that credentials are required to unlock
and use the thin client after you do one of the following:
• Unplug a signed
-on smart card - If the administrator has set SCRemovalBehavior=1
for the Signing parameter in the INI files and you unplug the smart card that you used
to sign on to the thin client, then the thin client will lock. To unlock the think client for
use, you must use the same smart card and your correct PIN. Note that removing a
signed-on smart card can also cause the thin client to log-off, if the administrator has
set the INI files to do so (in this case you must sign-on as usual to use the thin client).
• Use
LockTerminal from the Shortcut menu - Right-click on the desktop and select
Lock Terminal. To open the thin client for use, you must use your correct password.
For more information on the Shortcut menu, refer to "Using the Shortcut Menu and
Desktop Menu."
• Use
the screen saver - If the administrator has set LockTerminal=2 for the
ScreenSaver parameter in the INI files and you use the screen saver, then the thin
client will lock. To open the thin client for use, you must use your correct password.
Logging Off and Shutting Down
After using your thin client, you can sign off from your account (if you signed in initially) or
you can shut down the thin client (if your privilege or user mode allows you).
Note
High-privileged and Low-privileged users can also sign off from the Connect
Manager.
Click the User Name on the
taskbar and select Shutdown from the Desktop menu to open
the Sign-off/Shutdown/Restart the System dialog box. Use this dialog box to do one of
the following:
• Sign-
off from the account User Name - Allows you to sign off from the current open
account (the Sign-on dialog box appears and is ready for another user).
• Shut
down the system - Turns off the thin client.
• Re
start the system - Signs off the user account and also allows posted software
updates to be loaded into the thin client memory (the Sign-on dialog box appears after
the thin client restarts).
• Res
et the system setting to factory default - Appears for High-privileged and
Stand-alone users only. This option allows you to reset the thin client to factory
defaults.
Note
Depending on how the servers and applications are configured, signing off
from or shutting down the thin client may not necessarily close any open
server sessions. Generally, you should close sessions before signing-off
from or shutting down the thin client.