Re: All users must be admins?

As far as my experiance is concerned, an LDB is created eveytime an MDB is
accessed (i don't use MDE so I don't know). I get an LDB for both my front
end and back end.


"Chris Mills" wrote:

> They need all permissions to the folder the mdb is in, so the app can create
> or delete the LDB locking file (which is automatic). That folder can be placed
> on it's own somewhere.
>
> Access itself does not create any other "temporary files or folders" and
> certainly not folders, though the app may be written to for all I know.
>
> Apart from needing read/write/delete permission to the folder the mdb is
> stored in, it is not usual to grant admin permissions to users.
>
> I'm a bit rusty on LDB's (someone will correct me if I'm wrong) but LDB's
> appear in a quick data-update test to be associated with the Front-End not the
> Back-End?
>
> Chris
>
> "dtremain" <dtremain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:75F791BD-CF75-48DB-8AEB-C15C4D833EC7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > I have a current situation some of my customers that run a particular fuel
> > data software that uses access databases. I noticed that all users of the
> > program had to be given admin rights - and this poses a severe security risk
> > I know. I've tried granting permissions on the files and folders that are
> > affiliated with the program, along with that of the MS Office folder, but
> > there are forever errors coming up, sometimes a Jet(?) error or a runtime
> > error. After talking to the software programmer and designer I was informed
> > that it was due to a temporary folder that's created by Access. According
> to
> > him the temp folder only carries Admin permissions. I know this can't be
> > right. Unfortunately I don't have anything further to add as far as error
> > codes go except for error 3051. I'm afraid I'm going to get a call telling
> > me that someone's network is down because someone with admin rights decided
> > to reak havoc on the server.
> >
> > Is there anyone out there who might be able to shed some light on this for
> > me? I know I'm not bringing much to the table to work with, but I'll get
> > more info as soon as I can.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Dave
>
>
>
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