[AccessD] Need Help With a Workgroup/Password

jwcolby jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Sun Oct 30 12:32:18 CDT 2011


 > The System Owners are not experienced Access users - they just do what the screen lets them do. 
And what it no longer lets them do is remove me as a System Owner.  Lesson Learned!  ;-)

ROTFL.  Lesson learned!

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting

Reality is what refuses to go away
when you do not believe in it

On 10/30/2011 11:49 AM, Dan Waters wrote:
> In my system I have a permissions screen where the system owners (not IT)
> can set up permissions for all the users (I'm not using the complex Access
> user level security).  When someone is set up as a System Owner, they become
> an Admin user, like I am.  This give them the ability to create new users by
> adding their username to the User group, and in the background set up a
> randomized one-time password which is emailed to the new user.
>
> What I never expected was for one of the System Owners to uncheck me as a
> System Owner, which removes me as an Admin user.  The System Owners are not
> experienced Access users - they just do what the screen lets them do.  And
> what it no longer lets them do is remove me as a System Owner.  Lesson
> Learned!  ;-)
>
> Dan
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 6:22 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Need Help With a Workgroup/Password
>
> High security there eh?
>
> ;)
>
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
>
> Reality is what refuses to go away
> when you do not believe in it
>
> On 10/29/2011 5:06 PM, Dan Waters wrote:
>> OK - I figured out what another administrator's password was so I'm set.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Dan
>>
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