security with split database

[Guest]

If I split a database with user-level security does the security.mdw file
reside in the same place as the backend tables or does it need to be placed
on the client computers as well?

 

[Rick Brandt]

If I split a database with user-level security does the security.mdw
file reside in the same place as the backend tables or does it need
to be placed on the client computers as well?

Either way works, but shared on the LAN is what I believe most people do.