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Apply read protection

  • Published on Sep 9, 2026
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The read protection feature prevents unauthorized programs or users from reading protected data.

You can read-protect specific components to prevent unauthorized programs or users from reading the data. These components can't be compressed or encrypted.

  • Run this command at the command prompt.

    sadmin read-protect [ -i ] pathname1 ... pathnameN

    Specify the full path for each component to be read-protected.

    Paths can include wildcard characters. When using wildcards, make sure that the specified string matches a limited set of file paths or file names. If the specified string matches many files, we recommend you revise the string.

    • Paths can include the * and ? wildcard characters. When specifying a file path, C:\Test1\*\*\Test.text, C:\?Test*\Test1\Test.txt are allowed while*:\Test1\*\*\Test.txt, *\Test1\Test2\Test.txt, and *:\Test1\Test2\Test.txt are not.

    For example:

    • sadmin read-protect –i password.docx

    You can apply read protection over mounted network file system components by specifying the network paths with the sadmin read-protect command.