I am running FMP Server (v.5) under Mac OS9. Recently had to relocate it to our company's central data center. I need to have the ability to password protect the entire computer, much like Mac OS X built in screensaver that has the password option. I do not want use a screen saver that is application based as that degredates the performance of FMP server. All I really want to do is dim the screen to black, and enable a password to protect it from unwanted use. Will a control panel based screen saver degredate the server's performance the same way an application based one does? Right now, upgrading FMP server to the OS X version is not an option which I realize would fix my delimma.

Thanks for any ideas.

Under OS 9.2.2 you are able to configure for multiple users. Then the user to log out after a period of time.

to turn screen off/black, just use energy saver. Any screen saver, control panel or not, will degrade performance unless you set process priorities for FM server to highest. (forgot the name of the tool to do it, you will find it in similar threads here in the forum).

but the best way is to just lock the server away.

Under MacOs 9, when the user logs out all applications are closed. So it's not a solution for a server running FMP or FMS.

But under OS 9.2 when configuring multiple users you are able to lock the screen after a defined time that will meet your requirements.