Re: Security Blunder

From: John M (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/16/04 

Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 14:32:40 -0700

That part of it is fine It does come up with the login
section for the workgroup however the user names and
passwords I setup dont work...
>-----Original Message-----
>Access security involves two parts: some of the
information is stored in the
>MDB itself. but part is stored in a workgroup file (.MDW).
I suspect that
>you're not opening the databases with the appropriate MDW
file. You can
>either specify the MDW file in a short cut pointing to the
database:
>
><full path to msaccess.exe> <full path to MDB> /wrkgrp
<full path to MDW>
>
>or you can use WRKGADM.EXE to "join" the appropriate
workgroup file.
>
>--
>Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
>http://I.Am/DougSteele
>(No private e-mails, please)
>
>
>"John M" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:1d3ed01c4536b$85659690$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hi, I have screwed all of my databases on my system by
>> playing with the security wizard I setup some user groups
>> to see what could be done with it now i can not open any
>> database on my system...All I get is the logon window with
>> the request for user name and password ..I printed the
>> "One-Step Security Wizard Report" so that I could undo any
>> changes I made but it will not let me into any database
>> even using the user names and passwords as listed on the
>> report.
>>
>> Any ideas on what I can do as I have 70 - 90 hours of work
>> here I really dont want to do over again..
>>
>> Many Thanks
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>

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