[dba-Tech] Need to Break Informix Password

You MIGHT be able to text search though the actual software code and
find it if it's not encrypted.   Search for something like "password="
with a text editor.

GK

On 5/29/07, Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software
<rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote:
> They have an application they have been using since 1999 for BOMs, MRP,
> inventory control, etc.  The company who sold it to them  - a Singapore
> software house - is out of business.  So there's no support for the
> application.  But it's working.  I think they're getting nervous though,
> and, they want to export their data before picking a replacement system.
> Converting the existing data would be key.
>
> Even though I have the U.S. trademark on E-Z-MRP, this company in Singapore
> took the name - their product was called E-Z-MRP II.  So when the user
> started looking around the internet for support, he found me.
>
> If I can break into this Informix db and get their data out, I'll convert it
> to an E-Z-MRP database and see if I can get them to go for my system.  But
> no one there knows what the user name and password is for the Informix db.
> The user spoke with his predecessor and he doesn't know either.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rocky
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 10:34 AM
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Need to Break Informix Password
>
> Hi Rocky:
>
> How are they getting the data out of their database now?
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin at
> Beach Access Software
> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 10:39 PM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Cc: List
> Subject: [dba-Tech] Need to Break Informix Password
>
> Dear List(s):
>
> A prospect in Singapore wants to abandon their current manufacturing system
> and go to a new one.  The problem is:
>
> 1) the current product has no data import or export functions
> 2) it's an orphan - the original company is out of business
> 3) the platform is Informix
> 4) it is password protected and they do not know the user name and password
> 5) they cannot connect to it using the Informix ODBC driver.  Says they
> tried both ADO and DAO. (probably because they don't have the user name and
> password).
> 6) the database is 1GB so they can't send it easily.
> 7) they don't need the user name and password to run the program.  Just if
> they want to open the back end directly.  The program is working OK.
>
> But they're nervous and want to get away from this system and into something
> with support, I would guess.
>
> If I can get the data out I've got a shot at replacing this system with my
> own.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with Informix and know how to break in?
>
> MTIA
>
> Rocky
>
> P.S.  They called me because in the mid 90s a company in Singapore took the
> name of my product E-Z-MRP and made one called E-Z-MRP II, which is what
> this guy is using.  So he looked up E-Z-MRP on the web and found me.  So I
> called him tonight in Singapore to get the details - find out if he had a
> bootleg copy of my system.  He sent me some screen shots of the opening
> screens, and I saw right away it was not mine but the imposter.
>
>
>
>
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