[AccessD] Back End On Linux

[Jim Lawrence]

Where does it say, in the licensing agreement, that an owner can not run their application on another platforms?

I have been using MS Access on my Linux boxes for over 8 years. There may have been a time when MS Access did not work on the Linux OS, but I would suspect that was probably over a decade ago. For the record, Access works fine on all major Debian derivatives; Ubuntu, Mint, Mate, Zorin, Sailfish, Elementary, etc... The only issues, I found, was remembering to remove all access restrictions to the MDB directory. It should be noted that many MS Access applications have been developed for the web and virtually in every case, the internet server was a Linux box. (Of course no developer in their right mind, today, would have a MDB hosting their data on an internet server, that would be open to the public.) 

That said, I have only used Linux as a development environment and never in full production mode...also I have mostly used the system for doing initial boiler-plating an app together and nearly always completed the job using another database than the MDB. 

Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Dettman" <jimdettman at verizon.net>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2016 12:58:28 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Back End On Linux

Two things though:

1. You're breaking the license agreement, or at least you were in the past.   Not sure what it reads like now with Microsofts new openness.

2.  The OS hosting the BE must support extended byte file locks ( locks on parts of the file that don't exist).  Some early NAS boxes had issues with this.

Jim

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> On Jul 14, 2016, at 3:28 PM, Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks.  Will forward.  The guy who acquired my manufacturing system had the request from a prospect.  I don't actually have to do the work.  Just find the solutions. :)
> 
> R
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2016 11:48 AM
> To: James Button; 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Back End On Linux
> 
> Hi Rocky and Jim
> 
> If the Linux system is just a file host/share, all you need a SMB share on the Linux box, usually via Samba which these days is pretty much standard. That’s how all the NAS boxes Work.
> 
> /gustav
> 
> Fra: James Button<mailto:jamesbutton at blueyonder.co.uk>
> Sendt: 14. juli 2016 20:27
> Til: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'<mailto:accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Emne: Re: [AccessD] Back End On Linux
> 
> 2 Simple questions may solve that -
> What application facility would you be running on the back-end system to manage the data going in to and being extracted from the .mdb or .accbd file Can that run on the Linux platform to service the links in from the front end systems.
> 
> I suppose there are a 3 & 4, and even 5 - What will that cost compared with doing the action on a windows OS - even if that is a version of the OS that will run under a Linux environment How much effort will that take to setup, licence, run, and to maintain What's your pay rate for the hours needed
> 
> JimB
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2016 6:52 PM
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> Subject: [AccessD] Back End On Linux
> 
> Dear List:
> 
> Can an mdb or accdb back end run on a Linux platform with the front end on a Windows box?
> 
> 
> TIA
> 
> 
> Rocky
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