[mso] Re: Make Access DB Read Only

Users wouldn't be able to delete the file (or knock off its read-only) if 
they were only granted read access to the directory and/or the file.

Need to check the permissions on the directory and the file.  I suspect that 
they are too lax.

Regards, Dave S

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Shapp" <ras45@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 8:14 PM
Subject: [mso] Re: Make Access DB Read Only


> Hi David, Linda, Kathy
>
> Great replies.
>
> My friend demonstrated his setup, and I saw that he did make the DB 
> Read-Only,
> but even when the DB was in its own non-administrative account, any user 
> could
> remove the Read-Only attribute or (worse) the user could delete the entire 
> DB.
>
> We didn't look at the front/back-end idea. And yes, the thread looks
> promising.
>
> I'll let you know how this works out. In fact, I have a different 
> application
> in a different club, but I may very well do the same thing with my DB.
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Ray Shapp
>
>
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