How protect your houdini files with password, Solved

[wandersonp]

input = hou.ui.readInput("Are you trying to messes up my file dude? put password")

if input[1] == "password":
    hou.ui.displayMessage("Access granted")
else:
    hou.ui.displayMessage("Get out of here dude")
    hou.exit(suppress_save_prompt=True)

put this code at Python Source Editor

 

in the file example the code is the same, "password" is the password, if is wrong houdini shutdown in your face 

password_v01.hip

Edited January 26, 2015 by wandersonp

[kleer001]

Oh man, where are you at where you need to password protect your files?

[symek]

well, you can easily edit hip file without opening Houdini and remove that code...

[pezetko]

Could be bypassed with a text editor in the blink of an eye. Rather zip your file and put the password on it, or better, put a read access only to your login (user) account, so other users cannot access it directly by os.

[wandersonp]

the real deal here was to discover how startup python/hscript/expression when I load a file, the password protection I tested just for fun, there is no real value in production.

[kleer001]

Ok, whew. I thought you were in some serious trenches there, fighting with other artists for precious disk space or had run into some serious pranksters.

[wandersonp]

kleer001, for me is just part of learning process while I'm digging at houdini, sometimes making useful stuff another time making useless just to learn

[edward]

Put it in the python module maybe? Not sure if it gets run too late though.

[wandersonp]

edward you are correct, if I need to put another piece of code, will be annoying have this code running over times.