Rocky Smolin
rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Thu Apr 29 14:39:38 CDT 2010
I looked around for the format of the 2003 mdb to see where the password might be - probably just a question of the offset from the start of the file - but couldn't find the spec. Rocky -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark A Matte Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 12:22 PM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [AccessD] Database Needs Password Protection Sorry...just tested it...apparently it only works on 97 and 2000 database versions. > From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:53:37 -0700 > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Database Needs Password Protection > > Mark: > > Had a problem with it though - I put it in an mdb, passed a password > protected mdb with a password of 9 alphanumeric characters but the > password it retrieved was 3 bytes of hex that weren't printable > characters. This is A2K3. Could it be looking in the wrong place in the mdb file? > > Regards, > > Rocky > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark A > Matte > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 10:38 AM > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Database Needs Password Protection > > > There is some irony here... > > > > Subject = 'Database Needs Password Protection'. > > Email= Code to display/crack password. > > > > Would it be appropriate to post publically? > > > > Mark > > > From: max.wanadoo at gmail.com > > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > > Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:12:25 +0100 > > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Database Needs Password Protection > > > > Hmm. > > > > Mark, can you post it to the list please. > > > > Thanks > > > > Max > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark A > > Matte > > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 6:07 PM > > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Database Needs Password Protection > > > > > > Rocky, > > > > > > > > So...I guess code that will tell you what the password is would do > > the trick? You will have to test against different versions...but I > > think it works up to 2003... > > > > > > > > I'll find it...and send offline.... > > > > > > > > Let me know if this would solve your situation. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Mark A. Matte > > > > > From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com > > > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > > > Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:31:09 -0700 > > > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Database Needs Password Protection > > > > > > Mark: > > > > > > Being able to link to it from another mdb is, I think, a deal > > > breaker for this guy. Also, he may need access to the back end > > > himself. I think I have to go with the password protection - I > > > just need to figure out a simple > > way > > > to know if a database has a password. > > > > > > Rocky > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark A > > > Matte > > > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 7:48 AM > > > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > > > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Database Needs Password Protection > > > > > > > > > That being the case...create a form in the BE...open it on > > > startup...form does 2 things... > > > 1. turn off shift bypass. > > > 2. closed MDB > > > > > > I accidentally locked myself out of an MDB with this once. > > > > > > They can still link to it from any access database...but cannot > > > open it directly. > > > > > > Mark A. Matte > > > > > > > > > > From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com > > > > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > > > > Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:00:38 -0700 > > > > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Database Needs Password Protection > > > > > > > > Mark: > > > > > > > > 1) yes > > > > 2) any access mdb > > > > > > > > Rocky > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > > > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark > > > > A Matte > > > > Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 12:00 PM > > > > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > > > > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Database Needs Password Protection > > > > > > > > > > > > Rocky, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Can I ask in a slightly different way??? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. Are you trying to keep people from opening the backend directly? > > > > > > > > 2. Can the user link to the BE from any access MDB or just your app? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mark A. Matte > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from > > your > inbox. > > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMT > > AG > > L:ON:W > > L:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1 > > -- > > 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 > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. 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