What is a "protected" account?

[RobLewis]

Can't find any documentation of what "protected account" means. Explanation, please?

[Guest]

Can't find any documentation of what "protected account" means. Explanation, please?

I don't know exactly the answer. But one thing I know is that when an account is set protected, the adminstrator can not change its password.

[thraxisp]

You can't change the attributes or preferences for a protected account. This is a great idea for a guest account where you don't want, say, the email address to change.

[raki]

Administrators with protected account seems not to have right to "Manage Global Profiles"

[poojabharathan]

When the 'Protected' flag is set on a user account, it indicates that the account is a shared account (e.g. demo account) and hence users logged using such account will not be allowed to change account preferences and profile information