Password protection

I intend to use a sonos system in a public building with multi users and multiple rooms.
Every body has acces to the network and in some cases I would like to the users in some rooms to have access to the sound system in their own room. but in the more commonly used rooms (like a bar) I think the bartender should be able to be in charge of the music.
so an option to set a password or a pin code per separate room would be a great solution.
As a matter a fact this is now seen as a hurdle to buy a sonos system (at least 5 play 3, 2 play 5 and 1 connect) or not.

That's a ridiculous argument. You could simply have it switchable so those that require it can have it. Anyone with access to the household wifi can mess with the system as they choose. Clearly those who don't want it don't have kids!

I don't want it and have kids that know their boundaries.

i think it would be useful to have a onetime passcode after someone downloads the app and attempts to connect to your network. we are using the speakers in a showroom where management wants to control the music venue and the volume control. without some type of passcode anybody that downloads the app can connect to your network and change the music and the volume.

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.