[Qgis-user] make a shapefile read-only

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi Aldo, 

Yes. In "Project" - "Properties" there is a "Read only" column where you
can set individual layers as "read only". 

But this has only an effect in the respective project. Other projects
could still edit the file. And of course the user can go there and
disable the checkbox. Thus it is not a real "protection" - only against
"accidental" edits, but not against "deliberate" edits. 

Greetings, 

Andreas 

On 2020-06-12 15:15, Aldo Piombino wrote:

> Hi all
> 
> I have a problem: I use in a projet a shapefile that I must consider as a read-only file.
> 
> But the risk of a mistake, making the file get accidentally changed, already exists, and for many reasons I don't want to do so
> 
> Is it possible in QGIS to make a shapefile impossible to modify?
> 
> thanks
> 
> Aldo
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