Mandate and suggest values

In Application Administration, a padlock icon next to an advanced setting represents a mandated or suggested state.

An administrator can mandate or suggest the advanced settings.

Mandate

A locked padlock represents a state of mandated. If a function has a state of mandated, the system administrator has made the value of this function mandatory and unalterable; the system administrator defined the value of this function, and the client user cannot alter or override that value.

Suggest

An unlocked padlock represents a state of suggested. If a function has a state of suggested, the system administrator has made a suggestion as to what the value of a function should be; the system administrator defined the value of this function, but the client user can alter or override that value.

For example: The administrator indicates that a client user must use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) when connecting to the server. If the administrator suggests that the client user use SSL, the client user can override the suggested value, and connect without using SSL. But, if the administrator mandates that the client user use SSL, all existing connections already defined on the client are changed to use SSL. New connections will also use SSL, and the client user cannot override this value.