Entering drawer passwords
Password protection allows you to control access to specific drawers. If you assign a password to a drawer, you will need to enter the drawer password whenever you select the drawer for viewing.
note
To restrict access to a drawer, you must enter a master password.
- Select the drawer to which you want to restrict access.
- Choose to open theDrawer Propertiesdialog.
- In theDrawer Propertiesdialog, select theRestrict Accessbutton.
- If your security configuration requires it, enter the master password and select theContinuebutton to enable the fields in this tab.
- Mark theDeny access to drawer data unless password is knowncheckbox.
- Enter the password in theDrawer passwordfield and then enter it again in theVerifyfield.
- Optional: You can also mark checkboxes to deny access from other CS Professional Suite applications that are equipped with features for viewing FileCabinet CS documents, to exempt the current drawer from Data Sharing functionality, or to deny other applications from modifying the drawer name.
- SelectOK.
- SelectOKagain to close theDrawer Propertiesdialog.
tip
- To remove the password for the open drawer, repeat steps 1 - 3 to return to theRestrict Accessdialog and clear theDeny access to drawer data unless password is knowncheckbox.
- To change the password for the open drawer, repeat the above procedure, entering the new password in step 6.
- If you forget the password for a drawer, use the master password when opening the drawer. FileCabinet CS opens theDrawer Passworddialog and prompts you to enter a new password for the drawer.
