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SYMBIAN OS V9.3

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Password support

The window server provides support for a password screen, which can be configured to request a password at various times, such as once a day or every time the machine is switched on.

In order to implement password protection, one window in the system is made the password window, by calling RWindowBase::PasswordWindow(). A parameter passed to this function determines at which times the password is requested (once a day, machine switch-on, etc.).

When an on event occurs, and a password window exists, the window server may or may not enter its password mode, depending on the parameter given to RWindowBase::PasswordWindow(). In password mode, it does the following:

The window server remains in password mode until the session that owns the password window calls RWsSession::PasswordEntered().