Logon Problem

[Derek]

Unfortunately, I am not the most Access proficient person,
but I will try to be as clear as possible. Our group here
at work uses a database that was created for us by an
outside contractor. Users must login to use the
database. They must use a specific shortcut to the
database that somehow makes use of some xxx.mdw file that
apparently handles security permissions.

As of this morning, the following error message is posting
when we try to login:

You don't have the necessary permissions to use the
xxx.mdb object. Have your system administrator ...
establish the appropriate permissions for you

We did run the repair and compact utilities this morning.
I don't know if that had something to do with it? Any
advice would be greatly appreciated since the developer
lives in another country and is on vacation for two weeks.

 

[Joan Wild]

Unfortunately, I am not the most Access proficient person,
but I will try to be as clear as possible. Our group here
at work uses a database that was created for us by an
outside contractor. Users must login to use the
database. They must use a specific shortcut to the
database that somehow makes use of some xxx.mdw file that
apparently handles security permissions.

As of this morning, the following error message is posting
when we try to login:

You don't have the necessary permissions to use the
xxx.mdb object. Have your system administrator ...
establish the appropriate permissions for you

That suggests that you are not opening the database using the proper mdw
file. I assume that users are still opening the database via the shortcut?

Verify the target of a shortcut. It should be
"path to msaccess.exe" "path to mdb" /wrkgrp "path to secure.mdw"