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Password to login to the program (Zui)
Hello
To prevent other people from accessing Zui , in my opinion, setting a password to login to the program can be a good option
@SoftTools59654: If you're concerned about password-protecting data you've stored in a Zed lake that you want to access from Zui, there's a possible solution you could pursue, though it takes a few steps. The Zed backend supports Auth0 to provide an authentication layer in order to access a Zed lake, and these docs describe how it's used. Therefore it would imply setting up a separate lake, which you could perhaps run on a secure server. We've not had many users yet try to follow that Auth0 doc, so if you do try it, please let us know any problems you experience or feedback on the process.
That said, based on how you phrased the request, I am guessing you were hoping for just a very basic layer where the app could be configured to prompt for a password as soon as the app is opened and not permit further operations in the app until it's entered successfully. I assume you'd want to also therefore have all data (including the local lake) somehow encrypted such that only entering the password unlocks it? Indeed I'm familiar with other apps that have this (Session is one I used recently that looks like an Electron app much like Zui, so maybe we can take some inspiration from that). I'll hold this issue open regardless as a reminder for us to add that as a feature eventually.
@SoftTools59654: Might it be easier to just employ password-protected, full-disk encryption on the whole workstation on which Zui is running? It seems like that would have the effect of securing Zui at the same time as all other apps and their data.