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Back End Insecure (and don't you hate when that happens!)

 
 
David Portwood
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      30th May 2007
A2000, used the splitter and security wizard, ended up with _BE not secured.

When I try to open App_BE.mdb when joined with app's WIF, it asks for
password. This is good. But when I open App_BE.mdb from the System.mdw
shipped with Access it *doesn't* ask for password, just opens the database.
This is bad.

Any idea what is going wrong and how I can fix it?


 
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Albert D. Kallal
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      30th May 2007
> Any idea what is going wrong and how I can fix it?

Well, you never did have to use the security wizard to secure a database.
The security wizard does not do anything that you can't do manually (it does
not modify the file in some special way).

So, really just make sure you launch ms-access joined to that workgroup.
Create a new blank database (while still joined). Remove database
permissions to the "users" group. And, remove permissions from the Admin
"user". (that means you have to be logged in with a different user name then
admin....

I assume you have a some admin user account logon for your current secured
database. Now, simply import all of the back tables into this new mdb. Since
you removed all permissions to the "users" group for the database, and also
from the admin USER logon. If you then try and launch this database not
attached to the correct workgroup, you get a security message.


I actually have several split applications, and I never did get around to
security the back end. (security in the front end is only restricted to what
reports and forms particular users can launch). For the back end:


So, I make a macro called AutoExec. In the macro, I put the following code:

Action Parms
Msgbox message:You do not have permissions to run this file
Beep: Yes
Type: Critical
Title: Can not run

Quit: Options:Exit

As an alterative, you an make a nice little form in the back end, and set
the start-up options to run that form that displays a message, and then when
they click ok...you do a application.quit.

And, to disable the "shift key", simply grab my shift key utility here to
turn off the shift key by-pass

http://www.members.shaw.ca/AlbertKal.../msaccess.html

This actually keeps 99% of the people out. If they double click on the back
end...they get a security message. And, even better is that they get this
message EVEN WHEN connected to the correct security group.

--
Albert D. Kallal (Access MVP)
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
(E-Mail Removed)


 
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David Portwood
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      31st May 2007
Thank you, Albert. Your instructions worked well.

"Albert D. Kallal" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Any idea what is going wrong and how I can fix it?

>
> Well, you never did have to use the security wizard to secure a database.
> The security wizard does not do anything that you can't do manually (it
> does not modify the file in some special way).
>
> So, really just make sure you launch ms-access joined to that workgroup.
> Create a new blank database (while still joined). Remove database
> permissions to the "users" group. And, remove permissions from the Admin
> "user". (that means you have to be logged in with a different user name
> then admin....
>
> I assume you have a some admin user account logon for your current secured
> database. Now, simply import all of the back tables into this new mdb.
> Since you removed all permissions to the "users" group for the database,
> and also from the admin USER logon. If you then try and launch this
> database not attached to the correct workgroup, you get a security
> message.
>
>
> I actually have several split applications, and I never did get around to
> security the back end. (security in the front end is only restricted to
> what reports and forms particular users can launch). For the back end:
>
>
> So, I make a macro called AutoExec. In the macro, I put the following
> code:
>
> Action Parms
> Msgbox message:You do not have permissions to run this file
> Beep: Yes
> Type: Critical
> Title: Can not run
>
> Quit: Options:Exit
>
> As an alterative, you an make a nice little form in the back end, and set
> the start-up options to run that form that displays a message, and then
> when
> they click ok...you do a application.quit.
>
> And, to disable the "shift key", simply grab my shift key utility here to
> turn off the shift key by-pass
>
> http://www.members.shaw.ca/AlbertKal.../msaccess.html
>
> This actually keeps 99% of the people out. If they double click on the
> back end...they get a security message. And, even better is that they get
> this message EVEN WHEN connected to the correct security group.
>
> --
> Albert D. Kallal (Access MVP)
> Edmonton, Alberta Canada
> (E-Mail Removed)
>



 
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