Read only Database

[Guest]

I hope someone can help me here,
At work we have a large database that I recently split into a front end and
Back end. The database has been working fine until today. I returned to work
to find that nobody can change or enter data into the database. After
investigating further it seems the database Backend is in Read only mode.
I have checked the permissions on the folder and file and read only is not
checked. Has anybody had this problems or is there a fix for it or how can I
discover what has caused this read only problem?
We are running Win Xp and with Access 2003 and the database is saved as 2000.
Thanks

 

[Rick Brandt]

I hope someone can help me here,
At work we have a large database that I recently split into a front end and
Back end. The database has been working fine until today. I returned to work
to find that nobody can change or enter data into the database. After
investigating further it seems the database Backend is in Read only mode.
I have checked the permissions on the folder and file and read only is not
checked. Has anybody had this problems or is there a fix for it or how can I
discover what has caused this read only problem?
We are running Win Xp and with Access 2003 and the database is saved as 2000.
Thanks

Do all users have FULL permissions to the folder? They need to be able to
create files, edit files, and delete files in order for the locking file (ldb)
to be managed by Access.

 

[Joseph Meehan]

Likely it is the lack of FULL permissions in the directory. You need
read, edit, create and delete.

You also may want to check to make sure the file properties of the file
have not been changed to read only.