Making a Project Read-Only

This section describes how to make a project folder read-only by modifying the file security settings for selected users and/or user groups. The read-only project configuration is identical whether you are using Windows 2003 Server, Windows XP, or Windows 2000.

Notes

• This procedure assumes that you have already configured your users and user groups (optional), and added them to the User groups for the project folder list for the project you want to secure. For details on creating users and user groups, refer to your Windows documentation.
• Before making your project read-only, verify that read, write, delete, and execute privileges have been applied appropriately to allow the CitectSCADA configuration and runtime environments to operate correctly. For details, see Using CitectSCADA with Windows Security.
• If you are using Windows XP or Windows 2000 and your file system is FAT32, you need to convert the file system to NTFS in order to be able to specify the correct user privileges on that workstation. For details, refer to your Windows documentation.
• To avoid unexpected results, read Read-Only Privileges on Projects before making your project read-only.

1. In Windows Explorer, select the project folder you want to make read-only. By default project folders are located in the folder

2. C:\ProgramData\Citect\CitectSCADA 7.10

2. Right-click the folder and choose Properties from the context menu. The Properties dialog appears.
3. Select the Security tab.
4. Select the user and/or user group you want to modify security settings for.
5. Click Advanced. The Advanced Security Settings dialog appears for the selected user/user group for the project folder.

6. Verify that the user or user group you want to modify permissions settings for is selected.

6. Click Edit to display the Permission Entry dialog box.
7. Click Clear All to clear the current selections and then select the Allow check box for the following options:
8. • Traverse Folder/Execute File
   • List Folder/Read Data
   • Read Attributes
   • Read Extended Attributes
   • Read Permissions
8. Click OK.
9. Click Apply to apply the permissions to the selected user/user group, and then click OK to dismiss the Advanced Security Settings dialog.
10. Click OK to close the Properties dialog box.

The project folder has now been specified as read-only for the selected user(s) and/or user group(s).

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