Password protection

Joining this rather late but... ...from what I read, it looks like people just want to be able to manage the way controllers can access players. In other words, to allow or prevent certain controllers from controlling certain players. Password control is one way to do that but I agree with previous posters that they can be a pain - not only for the password owner, but for the software developer who has to find a safe way to deal with forgotten passwords. So, why not devise some kind of pairing system, such as used with Bluetooth which recognises a device rather than the user? In my family, we all have our own phones/tablets and there are some shared devices too. I'd love to be able to pair those devices with one, some or all of our Sonos players, so that the device owner can only 'see' the players which they've paired with. For those who want greater security, the password provision on the phone/tablet/pc operating system is there if needed.

+1 for this. Yes I could restrict guests from using the wifi but that's a little bit overboard in my mind. Like one of the posters has said - a 4 digit pin when connecting via the app to the player for the first time would be the ideal scenario.

Those of us that want control (without having to lock the wifi) can do so, and those who don't want the hassle, only have to do it once.

Another use-case for some kind of protection (password, pairing or whatever): office space.
I work in a building where everyone is connected to a shared, managed wifi network, so no "don’t give access to your network to people you don’t trust" argument here.
*Someone* just started playing Justin Bieber at full volume. It hurts. Password please 🙂

Another use-case for some kind of protection (password, pairing or whatever): office space.
I work in a building where everyone is connected to a shared, managed wifi network, so no "don’t give access to your network to people you don’t trust" argument here.
*Someone* just started playing Justin Bieber at full volume. It hurts. Password please :)

Or perhaps management could stop employing immature imbeciles perhaps?

Or put the Sonos on a secondary password-protected wireless network in the office. WIFI routers are dirt cheap these days. Did lol at pierre's post, though.

Here's my argument folks - I work in a coworking space where we have a Sonos because simply put Sonos makes some amazing products. The coworking space has WiFi available to everyone, however, we do not want everyone to have access to the Sonos simply because our WiFi is open to all members and their associates. A simple password for the Sonos system that was a one-time entry (i.e. you wouldn't have to enter the password each time you attempt to connect to the Sonos) would be extremely beneficial. This could be similar to the way Apple AirPlay passwords work, I believe iOS devices store the password and then automatically authenticate in the background - since you must use the Sonos controller app to connect to the system the app could very easily store the password and automatically authenticate each time.

Everyone what we are asking for here is simple role based access...this can be achieved either with user based cred or simply at a device level based on policy like device name, ip address or MAC it's not difficult....totally get that user's shouldnt have to login everytime and this could cached on a particular time period just like when you login into your Facebook account...sonos devs you need to architect your identity management within ur sonos bridge and not retire it.

There also no means of backing up playlists from what I've seen ....so not only can some access everything via the app once on the network they can also delete amend all my favourites and play lists

There also no means of backing up playlists from what I've seen ....so not only can some access everything via the app once on the network they can also delete amend all my favourites and play lists

Commonly known as Sonos terrorism. And I assume Sonos does not condone Sonos Terrorism.

There also no means of backing up playlists from what I've seen ....so not only can some access everything via the app once on the network they can also delete amend all my favourites and play lists

Commonly known as Sonos terrorism. And I assume Sonos does not condone Sonos Terrorism.

We certainly wouldn't want to support that. As a network security specialist, I'd highly recommend having a guest network set-up on your home for just this sort of situation. You can give that wifi to friends you wouldn't trust to hold your luggage or playlists safely. Sonos can be connected to your secure network, segregated from your friends and unsavory figures. MAC address filtering is a bit more complicated, but certainly doable. If you have any questions about options here you're welcome to give our support team a call and they can point you in the right direction. You'll also find some great suggestions here already.

We'll pass on the suggestion for adding a password option for Sonos to our development team. We love getting your suggestions for the future, but we don't share a roadmap for what's coming. We'll let you know if there's any official word on this feature. For now there are no plans to let you in on. Thanks for asking though!

Hi All,

I can see a good use for a user pin/password from a family/integration point, I agree it isn't necessary in many cases so an option to turn it on and off with an admin password would be best in the menu.

I have Sonos throughout the house and would find the following useful:

- Simple four digit log in pin/password this could be just once when you open the app and linked to a user account that has been set up.
- Admin/master user, other user & guest user options.
- Ability to set the following permissions; zones, sleep and max volume (per zone).

Admin has full control over everything (as normal), but with the following additional control over other users, zones permission, max volume in individual zones and sleep/operation times.
Other users can be set up with a name and pin/password and then allocated zones they can control within the system.
Guest is a pre-defined set of zones and pin/password you can give to anyone joining your WiFi without setting them up as a user.

Scenario

Kids have Sonos in there rooms the have control via the app of their room but the admin has fixed a max volume for that zone for that user and a sleep/operation time per day of the week.

Preventing the turn it down, turn it off and done mess about with your sisters music conversations 🙂

Hi I am new to sonos and yes I would like to see a pass code option on my sonos I have read some of topics on this and yes maybe some people don't need it and some do I don't like the idea that anyone who has my wifi code can use and abuse it as they please I honestly think that we should be given the option to use a pass code or not I live in a household with 3 young adults they never really bothered with my previous system unless we had party's but now because it is so easily assesible to them they are starting to use it all the time I would like to restrict this

Many people give their friends the WiFi password when they come over,but I wouldn’t want them using my system as they please,you wouldn’t hand the keys over to your new car every time they wanted to go to town or go shopping or whatever,just one simple password to stop any using and abusing

I like the PIN idea. You can use it if you want to or not. But having this floating on the network so anyone can access and play is not desirable for my situation. A simple PIN would keep people from tampering. It should remember the PIN so I don't have to keep entering every time I access the system on various devices.