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access thread: User Level security problem


Message #1 by "AMIT JAIN" <amitjain76@h...> on Thu, 29 Aug 2002 15:44:24
Hi all
I've secured a database using user level security and put it up on the 
network drive along with the link it created while securing the 
database.But since that link also has a pointer to the location of Access 
Software files it doesn't work for some people since they have Access 
installed on different locations on their computers.Is there any solution 
to this problem.Any help would be greatelly appreciated.
Thanks
Amit
Message #2 by "Steven White" <Steve.White@m...> on Sat, 31 Aug 2002 11:37:56
I have the same sort of problem. The way I go about it is making sure that the user has a 
shortcut on their own desktop, this way it is machine specific.

I figured a way - it's fairly crappy - that creates a shortcut, however it only seems to work on 
NT based machines - so if any users are on Win9x it's useless - hence, I don't use it (I have a 
vast mix of different machines on my network - 98,98SE, NT4, 2K, XP)

So the short answer is - no - there's no real easy way around it.

BUT. if your users have only one version of Access installed - you could write a little login script 
(which would depend on your network setup) that would make them  permanent users of that 
workgroup (If you have two versions - eg 97 and 2000 installed, the workgroup is reset all the 
time)

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