# Protecting Containers & Doors

<p class="callout info">**🔐 MOST STORAGE LOCKS ITSELF**  
Chests, barrels, furnaces, shulker boxes, and many doors are automatically protected when placed. “Automatically” is not permission to wander off without checking.</p>

## Check before walking away

Punch or interact with the protection as directed by LWC, then use `/cinfo` to inspect ownership and flags. Use `/climits` to see your protection allowance.

Important commands:

<table id="bkmrk-command-purpose-%2Fcpr"><thead><tr><th>Command</th><th>Purpose</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>`/cprivate`</td><td>Create a private protection</td></tr><tr><td>`/cmodify <player>`</td><td>Add a player to an existing private protection</td></tr><tr><td>`/cmodify -<player>`</td><td>Remove a player from access</td></tr><tr><td>`/cpublic`</td><td>Allow public use while retaining ownership</td></tr><tr><td>`/cdonation`</td><td>Allow deposits but restrict withdrawals</td></tr><tr><td>`/cdisplay`</td><td>Allow viewing but restrict taking items</td></tr><tr><td>`/cremove`</td><td>Remove your protection</td></tr><tr><td>`/cinfo`</td><td>Inspect a protection</td></tr><tr><td>`/chopper on</td><td>off`</td></tr></tbody></table>

Run the command, then click the block you want to affect.

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## Sharing safely

Grant access to exact usernames and remove access when it is no longer needed. A public protection is appropriate for genuinely shared infrastructure—not private valuables.

Hoppers are denied access to protected containers by default unless the protection allows them. If an item sorter stops at a protected chest, inspect the hopper flag before rebuilding the machine.

<p class="callout warning">**Protection is a tool, not divine intervention.** Unlocked does not mean abandoned, and somebody else's configuration mistake is not loot spawning with extra steps.</p>