Mark A Matte
markamatte at hotmail.com
Tue Jul 3 11:20:54 CDT 2007
Lately I've been using API calls to get the username they are logged on to the computer with...then have a table listing potential users and their level of access. Just remember to leave someone access to update this table. Mark >From: "Charlotte Foust" <cfoust at infostatsystems.com> >Reply-To: Access Developers discussion and problem >solving<accessd at databaseadvisors.com> >To: "Access Developers discussion and problem >solving"<accessd at databaseadvisors.com> >Subject: Re: [AccessD] Never Take a job for a friend >Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 08:20:17 -0700 > >It needn't be that draconian, and security isn't all that hard. How >could it be any harder than keeping track of who is supposed to have >which permissions entirely through code? > >It would save a lot of work for Joe if there were simply 3, or however >many, user groups with specific permissions. Then a simple login to the >application would handle the details. You could even just create logins >for each group and not go any further into personal logins. People >being what they are, sooner or later someone would find out the other >logins and try them "for fun", of course. > >Charlotte Foust > >-----Original Message----- >From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Robert L. >Stewart >Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 7:38 AM >To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com >Subject: Re: [AccessD] Never Take a job for a friend > >Since it is for a "friend," I would say >absolutely do not use security. Personally, I would not want to get >sucked into having to maintain it. > >Robert > >At 09:28 AM 7/3/2007, you wrote: > >Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 10:03:46 -0700 > >From: "Charlotte Foust" <cfoust at infostatsystems.com> > >Subject: Re: [AccessD] Never Take a job for a friend (Three > > leveldesignquestion) > >To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" > > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > >Message-ID: > > ><F55048AF7E974F429BB24597D7355EEA4BA25A at INFOSERVER04.infostat.local> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > >Is there some reason NOT to use Access security for this? It still > >works in 2003 format. > > > >Charlotte Foust > > >-- >AccessD mailing list >AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >-- >AccessD mailing list >AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _________________________________________________________________ http://newlivehotmail.com