-------- Original Message -------- From: Fei Min Lorente <feimin.lore...@onsemi.com> Date: Fri, November 22, 2013 10:53 am
And we weren't worried about OmniHelp losing files; we are worried about users going in and messing with them. Is there any way to lock them down? > Security through obscurity: how in the heck will anyone FIND the file that > they want to edit? :) > More seriously, you could try applying read-only attribute tot he files after > generation (or as part of generation, with a script?). Doesn't guarantee no > tampering, but makes those folks who would try have to think twice. > Also, perhaps your overall help system footer should have a "feedback" > button, which allows someone to email a suggestion for edit, tagged with the > topic ID/heading? Give folks a chance to pass the buck back to you, and you > should be able to mitigate any tendencies to hack/'fix' content outside of > normal change control. > THAT said... doesn't your company have management who can say, "Hey, don't > hack the content! Contact Documentation"? If you have folks bypassing normal > change control, that fundamentally an operational breakdown, not something > you should have to programatically prevent.