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The Settings UI and Settings Manager
The Settings UI is a quick, interactive mechanism for configuring the settings for a specific
domain. The Settings Manager presents a more detailed interface and provides the ability to
make global changes that affect permissions for many or all domains. Additionally, when a
new permission is requested by a SWF file, requiring run-time decisions concerning security
or privacy, dialog boxes are displayed in which users can adjust some Flash Player settings.
The Settings Manager and Settings UI provide the following security-related options:
Camera and microphone settings—The user can control Flash Player access to the camera
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and microphone on the computer. The user can allow or deny access for all sites or for
specific sites. If the user does not specify a setting for all sites or a specific site, a dialog box
is displayed when a SWF file attempts to access the camera or microphone, letting the user
choose whether or not to allow the SWF file to access the device. The user can also specify
the camera or microphone to use, and can set the sensitivity of the microphone.
Shared object storage settings—The user can select the amount of disk space that a
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domain can use to store persistent shared objects. The user can make these settings for any
numbers of specific domains, and can specify the default setting for new domains. The
default limit is 100 KB of disk space. For more information on persistent shared objects,
see the SharedObject class in the ActionScript 3.0 Language Reference.
Any settings made in the mms.cfg file (see
are not reflected in the Settings Manager.
For details on the Settings Manager, see http://www.adobe.com/go/settingsmanager.
The User Flash Player Trust directory
Users and installer applications can register specified local SWF files as trusted. These SWF
files are assigned to the local-trusted sandbox. They can interact with any other SWF files,
and they can load data from anywhere, remote or local. A user designates a file as trusted in
the User Flash Player Trust directory, which is in same directory as the Flash shared object
storage area, in the following locations (locations are specific to the current user):
Windows: app data\Macromedia\Flash Player\#Security\FlashPlayerTrust
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(for example, C:\Documents and Settings\JohnD\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash
Player\#Security\FlashPlayerTrust)
Mac: app data/Macromedia/Flash Player/#Security/FlashPlayerTrust
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(for example, /Users/JohnD/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/#Security/
FlashPlayerTrust)
"Administrative user controls" on page
Overview of permission controls
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