Necessary Permissions

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I have a db that is located on a secure server. The db itself is not secured
with usernames and/or passwords. This db will be used in a multi-user
environment. Each user will access this using a shortcut on their desktop.
For most of the users, this has not been a problem. However, a few receive a
message "You do not have the necessary permissions to use this {path name}
object."

After reading several other posts, I understand this is related to the
workgroup assigned. I've tried to search for MDW files on the effected PC
and only found one file. This is the file and path when I check the
workgroup.

This is really puzzling and I'm a bit lost. These particular users are able
to work in other db's that I've designed and stored in the same place. I'm
unsure why this new db would cause such a problem.

Thank you in advance!!
 
"I:\temp\Phone Log V5.mdb"

Our network people have looked at this too. They said it could have
something to do with the user's profile on the computer, but wouldn't know
for sure until they wiped out the profile and started completely over. This
will be a lengthy process and we wanted to be sure this is the problem before
we go down that path. Wiping out the user's profile is a "guess" that it
could help with this problem. They aren't certain and are a bit baffled.

The users who are experiencing this problem are able to access the same
drive and similar files without a problem. The only difference in these
files is that this one has not been split yet and has code that collects the
username to be stored in a specified field.
 
Thank you so much for your help. I've passed this information on to our
network staff to investigate. If you find anyone else who has run into this
problem and found a solution, please let me know. Thanks again, Lynn!
 
An easy way to test if the user(s) have the proper permission on the folder,
is to open the folder in Windows Explorer. Have the user right-click,
choose New...Text Document. Type some junk and save the file. Close it.
Now attempt to delete it.

If they can do all that, then they have the proper permissions on the
folder.

Repeat the test with each user, until you find the one that fails - that
user has the improper permissions.
 
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