Access Security

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Hai Nguyen

We have Access 2003, and we secured a database using "User Level Security
Wizard". Now we have 2 ".mdw" files,
the original one which we used to secure the database, and another one that
is created when we open the database.
Through connection string we open the database using the original one. My
question is.. is there a way to open the
database using the other ".mdw" (the one that is created by access when the
databse opens) as this is the one that
really enforce the security on the file. Bare in mind that this is a windows
application class so everyone will have a copy
of the original ".mdw" to be able to connect to the database...
 
Groups, users and passwords are stored in the .MDW file, so you will not be
able to connect using an .MDW that does not contain the groups, users and
passwords that you created.

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