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Lisheen

2005-08-24, 9:24 am


I was wondering if someone could tell me if it is possible to set MS
Access to prompt or force a user to change his password every 90 days.
I dont think it is possible using MS Access security but would it be
possible if I set up my own security.

I had thought of doing this by using a form into which a user enters
his password which is then compared to the users password held in a
table if they match the switchboard form is opened, this works but I
still need to find a way of forcing the user to change his password
every 90 days.

If there is a way of doing this using MS Security I will gladly use
this instead.

Your help is appreciated.

Rgds

Nora.


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Rick B

2005-08-24, 9:24 am

This is not possible in Access Security.

Creating your own would greatly reduce the security of your database. Read
the hundreds of previous posts on growing your own security for more
details. What you gain in security by making them change their passwords
would be lost by the risk of them reading your password table.



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"Lisheen" <Lisheen.1u9ruh@NoSpamPleaze.com> wrote in message
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>
> I was wondering if someone could tell me if it is possible to set MS
> Access to prompt or force a user to change his password every 90 days.
> I dont think it is possible using MS Access security but would it be
> possible if I set up my own security.
>
> I had thought of doing this by using a form into which a user enters
> his password which is then compared to the users password held in a
> table if they match the switchboard form is opened, this works but I
> still need to find a way of forcing the user to change his password
> every 90 days.
>
> If there is a way of doing this using MS Security I will gladly use
> this instead.
>
> Your help is appreciated.
>
> Rgds
>
> Nora.
>
>
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Graham R Seach

2005-08-24, 11:25 am

Lisheen,

If you're using Access user/group-level security, you can use the
NewPassword method to change an existing user's password. All you need then
is a table which contains a list of users, and the time since they last
changed their passwords. Check this table for the current user every time
the database starts up, and if it's time for them to change their password,
bring up your custom form and use NewPassword to change the password.

DbEngine(0).Users("Fred").NewPassword strOldPassword, strNewPassword

Regards,
Graham R Seach
Microsoft Access MVP
Sydney, Australia
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"Lisheen" <Lisheen.1u9ruh@NoSpamPleaze.com> wrote in message
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>
> I was wondering if someone could tell me if it is possible to set MS
> Access to prompt or force a user to change his password every 90 days.
> I dont think it is possible using MS Access security but would it be
> possible if I set up my own security.
>
> I had thought of doing this by using a form into which a user enters
> his password which is then compared to the users password held in a
> table if they match the switchboard form is opened, this works but I
> still need to find a way of forcing the user to change his password
> every 90 days.
>
> If there is a way of doing this using MS Security I will gladly use
> this instead.
>
> Your help is appreciated.
>
> Rgds
>
> Nora.
>
>
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Lisheen

2005-08-24, 1:27 pm


Thanks very much for your help, sadly I have hit a slight snag. I set
up MS user / group level security on my database which seemed to go
fine. But now when I open any MS Access database even ones which never
had a password they are all now looking for a user name and password.
How can I undo this. As always your help is very much appreciated.


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Joan Wild

2005-08-24, 8:26 pm

Answered in the security newsgroup.

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Lisheen wrote:
> Thanks very much for your help, sadly I have hit a slight snag. I set
> up MS user / group level security on my database which seemed to go
> fine. But now when I open any MS Access database even ones which
> never had a password they are all now looking for a user name and
> password. How can I undo this. As always your help is very much
> appreciated.
>
>
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> Lisheen
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