(ORG-8018) Project Protection
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and Admin
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We have introduced the concept of Admin Mode to the Origin Project, with an Admin password. Once a project is protected by a password, worksheet and workbook protection features can be accessed only after user has logined with the admin password. We have also added LabTalk access to protect books and sheets.
App Title Bar Indication of Admin Mode
Normally, Origin title bar looks like this
there is a "-" that separates the 32/64 bit and the path of the file. To save space, we are just changing this "-" character to indicate Admin status.
For OPJ file that has added Admin password, the "-" character will be replaced by the "@" character before you enter the Admin password to login, like this
After login, the "@" character is replaced by the "=" character, like this
Admin Mode LabTalk Commands
The following is a listing of the currently supported doc commands control the Admin mode. Text inside square brackets indicate.
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| Add Admin password password to the project. You will still need to login after adding password to turn on Admin mode. When you do not specify a password, then "origin" is assumed. Not using password will help situation where security is not so much of a concern and not running the risk of forgetting the password used. |
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doc -pw [password] | login with password, if no Admin password added yet, error message will be shown | doc -pw; doc -pw test; |
doc -pwx | logout, once logout, cannot change anything related to protections | |
doc -pwta | list all the book/sheets with protection turned on | |
doc -pwr [password] | remove password, if no password specified, then must login first to do so, otherwise must give correct password | doc -pwr; |
After a command is entered, you App title will change accordingly, so will the status bar to indicate current statusLabTalk commands to enable various protections on worksheets and workbooks have been introduced in Origin 9.1. Further mode, Admin mode has been introduced to allow better protection controls on Origin projects. You may control protection attributes of Origin object (like a book) without involving Admin mode, but such protection is not secured, anyone can run LabTalk command to remove these protections. To ensure secured protection, you must setup Admin password for the Origin project and then Origin Object protections cannot be altered until the correct password is entered. Very often, security is not an issue and you may just want to prevent inadvertent or accidental modification or delete of certain book or sheet, and in such situation, you may add protection without Admin password, which certainly make things easier, not having to remember a password on given OPJ.
Protection Flags
Various objects like worksheet, workbooks can be assigned different protection flags. These flags are listed in the following table
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| set worksheet write access flags |
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layer -lt | print out current protection flags | |
page -lw n | set workbook write access flags | //the following will prepare the book for locking active sheet but allow analysis results added to book
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page -lt | print out the current protection flags |
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Admin Mode
We have introduced the concept of Admin Mode to the Origin Project, with an Admin password. Once a project is protected by a password, worksheet and workbook protection features can be accessed only after user has logined with the admin password. We have also added LabTalk access to protect books and sheets.
The following is a listing of the currently supported doc commands control the Admin mode. Text inside square brackets indicate.
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| Command | Description | Examples |
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| Add Admin password password to the project. You will still need to login after adding password to turn on Admin mode. When you do not specify a password, then "origin" is assumed. Not using password will help situation where security is not so much of a concern and not running the risk of forgetting the password used. |
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doc -pw [password] | login with password, if no Admin password added yet, error message will be shown | doc -pw; doc -pw test; |
doc -pwx | logout, once logout, cannot change anything related to protections | |
doc -pwta | list all the book/sheets with protection turned on | |
doc -pwr [password] | remove password, if no password specified, then must login first to do so, otherwise must give correct password | doc -pwr; |
After a command is entered, you App title will change accordingly, so will the status bar to indicate current status.
App Title Bar Indication of Admin Mode
Normally, Origin title bar looks like this
there is a "-" that separates the 32/64 bit and the path of the file. To save space, we are just changing this "-" character to indicate Admin status.
For OPJ file that has added Admin password, the "-" character will be replaced by the "@" character before you enter the Admin password to login, like this
After login, the "@" character is replaced by the "=" character, like this
Admin Mode and Saving of OPJ
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