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[Luca_S]

What about a function to lock disk drives(Using the peripheral) to prevent someone pulling it out. The lock should automaticlly end when the computer shuts down.

[KingofGamesYami]

Control+S = Unlocked Disk Drive = No protection whatsoever = Useless

[Luca_S]

I mean if you have a game running, and it needs to save data to a disk, it can lock it, to prevent you getting it out, the game keeps in RAM, but can't save anymore. That is why I want it, not for protecting disks.

[Lupus590]

an event if fired when disks are removed/inserted, you could just pop up a warning saying that saving is now unavailable. or wait until they insert the disk again and then save. I think there is a way to uniquely identify disks.

[Luca_S]

IRL disk drives have that features too(at least most of them)

[Lemmmy]

 Luca0208, on 04 September 2015 - 06:55 PM, said:

IRL disk drives have that features too(at least most of them)

Not true, most disk drives don't have a lock feature, unless you put a slice of bread inside them.

Edit: I have been informed that you can also lock a disk drive by putting a pencil inside of it.

Edited by LemonLake, 07 September 2015 - 12:28 AM.

[HPWebcamAble]

I actually kinda like this idea.

What if you gave the function a password, like this:

drive.lock( "this is a password" )

And it could only be unlocked with the same password?
(Obviously there would have to be a command, or a file somewhere that you could modify to unlock one as an admin)

[Lupus590]

 HPWebcamAble, on 07 September 2015 - 12:48 AM, said:

(Obviously there would have to be a command, or a file somewhere that you could modify to unlock one as an admin)

or the (server) admin could use the actual server files, it's not like dan200 would implement encryption for CC. and a single admin password would be something everyone would have to change in the configs (everyone would know the default)

[HPWebcamAble]

 Lupus590, on 07 September 2015 - 11:10 AM, said:

or the (server) admin could use the actual server files

That's what I meant. Probably should have made that clearer.

The files could be somewhere in the 'computer' folder, in the world save.
Deleting a disk drive's file would unlock it, since the password would be in the file.

[GreenByteSoftware]

 LemonLake, on 07 September 2015 - 12:28 AM, said:

 Luca0208, on 04 September 2015 - 06:55 PM, said:

IRL disk drives have that features too(at least most of them)

Not true, most disk drives don't have a lock feature, unless you put a slice of bread inside them.

Edit: I have been informed that you can also lock a disk drive by putting a pencil inside of it.

So dan should add pencils into minecraft!