Bucket Explorer has an option hide/ unhide bucket(s) which adds value to security of your
Amazon S3 buckets
. Using this option, you can hide your important buckets which you fear can be altered accidentally.
To Hide
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Open "
Tools
" menu and select "
Bucket
" option, then click "
Hide/Unhide Bucket
"
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This will give you a list of all buckets with checkbox for each bucket name.
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You can hide bucket(s) by simply selecting (
Checking
) the relevant checkbox and clicking on the "
OK
" button
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On refreshing bucket listing, only unhide buckets will be seen. Now your important buckets are secured because they are not visible in bucket listing.
To Unhide
-
To unhide buckets, open
Tools
menu and select "
Bucket
" option, then click on "
Hide/Unhide Bucket
" option.
-
Uncheck
the checkboxes of the relevant buckets and click "
OK
".
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On
refreshing bucket listing
, all buckets will be seen.
You can see hidden buckets in buckets listing, using "
show hidden buckets
" option.