ERROR: Could Not Lock File

[Eka1618]

Hello,

I recently split and placed my DB on the computer network. I have a data
file which consists of the Tables. and then I have my master file which has
everything, including the links to the tables in my data file.

Someone is getting the error "Could Not Lock File" when they try to log into
the database. They are logging in with a startup .ini file located on their
desktop.

I do not know what this error means. When I look at who is on the database
by reading the .ldb file, it shows that multiple people are logged into the
system, so I'm not sure if there is some kind of limit as to how many people
can access the DB at once. I thought that if you split it, it allows multiple
users no matter how many there are.

Sorry if my terminology is poor in this subject, I am new at rolling out a
database.
If anyone has any suggestions or know what is going on, please let me know,
Thank you!

 

[Joan Wild]

You've split it, however it sounds as though you left a single frontend on
the server, and everyone is using that.

You should give a copy of the frontend to each user, placed on their
workstation. The frontend contains the links to the single backend which is
on the server.

Also ensure that every user has the correct Windows permission on the folder
where the backend is located - read, write, create, and delete.