In /usr/fox/wp/data the am_cmds file sets the initial permissions for AM's whether local or remote. TheN each environment file can then turn off or on permissions depending on how the AM's buttons have been configured. In the env files...entires like below can BE ADDED TO THE END OF THE FILE TO turn off or on protections.: /usr/local/pref -AM0001 amcmd "unprotect all" /usr/local/pref -AM0001 amcmd "protect value 100" also, commands like below can also enable or disable features that have not been protected. /usr/local/pref -AM0001 amcmd "unprotect all; enable clear" Options; The enable and disable commands control access to security-sensitive Alarm Manager functions including acknowledging alarms, clearing alarms, and silencing/muting/un-muting horns. Disabling the ack, clear or horns features makes any button or menu item configured to execute these commands inactive (grayed out) as shown below: enable/disable ack Affects any button or menu item calling the functions: ackalm, ackcmp, ackpage, and ackpage_cmp enable/disable clear Affects any button or menu item calling the functions: clear_alm or clear_page enable/disable horns Affects any button or menu item calling the functions: silence_horns, mute_horns, unmute_horns, unmute_all_horns, mute_all_horns -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Peck Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 5:40 PM To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [foxboro] ACK button inactive in CAD There are a lot of places to make this change... I'm a little lost as to where i should add the lines to protect the action. in "d:\opt\fox\env" we have no files. in "d:\opt\customer\env" we have all the .mnu / .acl / .dbr / .env / .mbr files none of these files interact with the AM in "d:\usr\fox\customer\hi" there is a dmcfg.init file... this has almost nothing in it... in "d:\usr\fox\customer\config" we have foxboro.am which is a huge text file... (~600KB) I am not sure where or when this file gets executed Does anyone know what 'calls' this file to be executed - there are a few ".am" files in this folder so I would like to confirm which one is executed... Here is a sample from the file: 3 MultiStBtnDef { Access CdbInt 100 ButtonStates CdbList { 0 BtnDef { Mnemonic CdbString "" StateCondition CdbString "" TxColor CdbColor 16 0 0 0 # FVindex BlinkRate CdbInt 0 Action CdbString "clear_alm" ConfirmMessage CdbString "" Confirm CdbBool FALSE BgColor CdbColor 72 0 0 0 # FVindex Label CdbString "Clear Alarm" } } } I deduce that within this statement i could add a Protection Level command.... but the structure of that eludes me... would it be "Protection ID 100" And the file has many many entries for the same buttons... so I assume all of them would requrie changing. I cannot find the manual which describes how this file works... _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email comes from a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys plc, which is a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at 3rd Floor, 40 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7AW (Registered number 166023). For a list of European legal entities within the Invensys Group, please go to http://www.invensys.com/en/legal/default.aspx. You may contact Invensys plc on +44 (0)20 3155 1200 or e-mail reception@xxxxxxxxxxxxx This e-mail and any attachments thereto may be subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates). _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave