Performing Additional Super User Functions 713 Select [1] Set Super User Password, [2] Set Read-Write Password, or [3] SetRead-Only Password to set the desired password.The following prompt appears at the bottom of the screen:Enter New Password:4 Enter the new password. The password appears as asterisks on the screen as youenter it.CAUTION: Be sure to record your new password and keep the record in a safeplace. If you forget your password and have no record of it, you can contact 3Comfor assistance, but we may need to delete your database in order to solve theproblem.The following prompt appears:Re-enter New Password:5 Re-enter the password you entered in step 4.A message appears, indicating that the password has been saved.6 Select [4] Previous Menu to return to the Super User Privilege menu.Performing AdditionalSuper User FunctionsIn addition to setting passwords, you can also take over read-write sessions anderase the system database from the Super User Privilege menu, shown earlier inFigure 43.Taking over aRead-Write SessionThe PathBuilder S330S310 allows only one read-write session at a time. If youhave super user privileges, however, you can take over a read-write sessionwithout logging off. When you take over a read-write session, the previousread-write session is forced to a read-only session.To take over a read-write session, follow these steps:1 From the Super User Privilege menu, shown earlier in Figure 43 select [2] TakeOver Read-Write Session.The following prompt appears:Do you want to take over read-write session (Y/N) [N]?2 Enter y to take over the read-write session.The following message appears:The current session has been changed to Read-Write!Press any key to return.3 Press any key to resume your session in read-write mode.The interface for the user whose read-write session you took over will switch toread-only mode the next time that user changes screens.Erasing the SystemDatabaseIn certain situations—if anomalous behavior on the part of the PathBuilderS330/S310 makes you suspect that the database has been corrupted, or if youhave moved a unit from a different location, for example—you may want toconsider erasing the system database and starting from scratch. You must havesuper user privileges in order to erase the system database.
