[mso] Re: Make Access DB Read Only
- From: "David Smart" <smartware@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:54:47 +1100
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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