[QLab] Locked QLab

[Christopher Ashworth]

On Apr 26, 2007, at 4:55 AM, Lars Årdal wrote:

> why is it just to open the lock?
> it should ask for a password, or am I misunderstanding something?

Hi Lars,

Currently the lock feature does not include password protection.

Matt has submitted a ticket here requesting password protection:

http://figure53.com/trac/ticket/271

I've been thinking about this quite a bit, and when it comes right  
down to it I'm not sure it makes sense to add password protection.

Locking the workspace provides protection for accidental changes, not  
security.

If you are in a situation where you can't trust your operator to be  
destructive, there's nothing I can do in QLab to protect you.  The  
operator still has access to all the media files, or could copy and  
paste the workspace into a new document and change it there instead.

Putting a password on a workspace would not really buy you anything,  
except potential annoyance if you forget the password and need to  
make a change.

Chris