ObjectLand shared style library is not a part of some GDB, it is an independent component of the system. Due to this permissions to shared library are set and checked independently of permissions to GDB.
Control of access to shared library is much easier than control of access to GDB. There is a single permission which can be given not to all users, namely, permission to change library contents. Using styles available in the library cannot be prohibited for anyone.
Permission to change shared library contents is protected by a password. Right after installing ObjectLand the password is not set, that is, every user can easily perform operations leading to changing library contents, namely, operations of adding, removing, renaming and editing styles. Any user can set a password for shared library. If such a password is set, in next ObjectLand sessions an attempt to make some changes in the library will cause opening of a dialog box with a request: “Enter password of shared library”. If the password is entered correctly the system permits the user to make changes in shared library in the course of the whole session. Incorrect input causes a message: “Incorrect password of shared library”.
To set, change, reset password of shared library it is required to select the line “Shared Style Library” in the pane of the navigation window and perform the command Edit+Password. A nested menu consisting of two items described below appears.
Change – this item allows setting the password if it was not set before and change the one set in advance. The dialog box “Changing password of shared library” shown at figure 86-5 is opened.
Figure 86-5. Dialog box “Changing password of shared library”
If the password was not set before, the field Old password is disabled. It is required to enter one and the same password in the fields New password and Retype password. In case of incorrect input of the old password and also in the cases of different values of new password entered, the system displays the corresponding message. If everything has been entered correctly, changing of password is completed successfully and a message “New password of shared library is set” is displayed.
Any non-empty string can serve as a password of shared library,
Remove – this item allows resetting the password of shared library set before, that is, granting access to changing library contents for all users.
If the library password was set before, the system opens a dialog box for entering the current password. In case of incorrect password input the system displays a message: “Incorrect password of shared library” and cancels the operation of removing the password. In case of correct input the system asks to confirm performing the operation. When the answer is Yes removing of password is performed successfully and a message: “Password of shared library is removed” is displayed.
If the password of shared library was not set, this item of the nested menu is disabled.
When working in the mode of shared access to shared library operations of setting, changing and removing password are disabled.
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