How to configure the Pharos PC Station Logoff Password to be blank.

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How can I configure the Pharos PC Station Logoff Password to be blank?

Important Notes:

The password can not be set to blank from within Pharos Administrator. This is a deliberate limitation of Pharos Administrator.
This solution is not supported by Pharos and is implemented at your own risk.

A. First you will need to follow the steps to allow a blank password.

Open SQL Enterprise Manager.
Go to Databases > Pharos > Tables > PC_Pharos_Stations.
Right Click and select 'Design Table'.
Scroll down to the row logout_passwd and place a check in the column 'Allow Nulls'.
On the top bar, click the icon for Manage Constraints.
Scroll down to the constraint CK__pc_pharos__logou__57A801BA.
Uncheck the box named 'Enforce Constraint for INSERTs and UPDATEs.
Click Close.
Click Save. An error should show - just click OK and ignore it.

B. Next are the steps to set a password to blank.

Open SQL Query Analyzer.
Select the Pharos Database.
Run the following query for the necessary Pharos Stations (changing the value of pstn_id for other Stations):

update pc_pharos_stations set logout_passwd = NULL where pstn_id = 1

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