Limiting access to shutting the system down

To eliminate unauthorized shutdown of the surveillance system, the shutdown function can be protected by a password. The following options for system shutdown are available:

1. Shutdown by the password of any registered operator.
2. Shutdown by the password of the current authorized user only.
3. Shutdown by the administrator password.
4. An operator cannot shut the system down.

If the operator is forbidden from shutting the system down, the Run menu of the Main Control Panel does not contain the Shut Down option. This menu item appears only after opening the administrator password window and entering the valid administrator password. To shut the system down, the password should be entered once more. Thus, it is recommended to use the option for shutdown by the administrator password, as well.

By default, the system is set for shutdown by any registered operator's password, regardless of the current authorized user.

To change the shutdown option, do the following:

1. Open the Users tab in the System Settings window (1).
2. Open the required User permissions object in the objects tree under the User permissions button (2).
   The settings panel for this object opens on the right side of the System Settings window.
   
3. To enable system shutdown by the current operator’s password only, check the Shutdown with operator password checkbox (3).
4. To enable system shutdown by the administrator password only, check the Shutdown with administrator password checkbox (4).
5. To forbid the current operator from shutting the system down, check the Shutdown with administrator password and the Disable re-registration checkboxes (4,5).
6. To revert to the default shutdown option, deselect all the related checkboxes: Shutdown with operator password, Shutdown with administrator password, Disable re-registration (3,4,5).
7. Press the Apply button (6).

This completes the setup of the system shutdown options.