MartyConnelly
martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Tue May 29 19:02:42 CDT 2007
You could use Monarch to read the print files for about $300 Maybe you get lucky The default user and password for Informix is informix http://www.virus.org/default-password/view/All/18/ Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software wrote: >Reports to a file - that's an option. PITA, but could be some $$ for me. > >Rocky > >-----Original Message----- >From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos >Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 12:22 PM >To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Need to Break Informix Password > >Strings like a connection to database might still be intact. Probably not >but it's possible. Depends on what tool it was created with. It's not LIKELY >that it would be found but it's not completely out of the question either. > >Does the application do reports that could be printed to a text file and >then read back in as data? I've done a lot of that kind of stuff. >It's a pain to stip off the column headings etc and get to the data columns >but it's doable. Harder when the reports are multi-line but still doable. > >GK > >On 5/29/07, Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> >wrote: > > >>I'll ask, but I'll be a quarter that the code is compiled. >> >>Rocky >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >>[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos >>Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 11:09 AM >>To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >>Subject: Re: [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. >> >> -- Marty Connelly Victoria, B.C. Canada