[AccessD] Get user name

Gustav Brock gustav at cactus.dk
Fri Oct 15 12:19:41 CDT 2004


Hi Ron

Nice!
But how did you expect to ever see that screen again?

/gustav


> Heh. Here's a story for a Friday... not entirely off topic...

> I once put a function into a backend .mdb that checked the logon name of the 
> user, and if it wasn't me it put up a bright red screen with yellow letters 
> that said something like, "Unauthorized Intrusion Detected. You have attempted 
> to open a database for which you are not authorized. We know who you are and 
> where you are sitting. Please remain calm and in your seat, security will be 
> coming for you shortly."

> It was a slow day and I was bored (kind of like right now, actually!) and 
> didn't expect anything to ever come of it, or anyone to ever see it besides me.

> Weeks passed and I forgot about it. Then one day one of the office busybody 
> idiots who thought he knew something about databases came rushing over to me 
> all upset because "they" were coming for him and he didn't know what he should 
> do... my, that was fun, and I had some fun with him for awhile, too, before 
> I "covered his tracks for him". <lol> and for weeks after I would periodically 
> remind him that he owed me a favor too. As far as I know, he never poked his 
> nose into any of my databases again :)

> Ron

>> I basically just use it as a scare tactic to keep honest
>> people honest.




More information about the AccessD mailing list