From: H. Peter Anvin Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:46:59 +0000 (-0800) Subject: Warn that timeout bypasses MENU PASSWD X-Git-Tag: syslinux-3.74-pre2~6 X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e07718bcdb3ff32febb4857f0788ff8e4f19d30f;p=profile%2Fivi%2Fsyslinux.git Warn that timeout bypasses MENU PASSWD --- diff --git a/doc/menu.txt b/doc/menu.txt index fd5a44d..11abce0 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