Password protect logon database

I have followed the guidelines in knowledgebase article
825498 "How to create a password-protected web page...."
to create a secure area to my website.

This works fine but I now want to password protect my
access database however if I do this I am no longer able
to access my secure pages. I have used the example
scripts in the knowledgebase article with only minor
changes for cosmetic purposes.

Do I need to add something to the script to allow for a
password-protected database or can I not password-protect
it.

I noticed a reference to username and password in the
sample logon.inc file and added my database password but
this has not helped.

Can anybody suggest how I can achieve a password-
protected database?

Thanks

David

Kyle
Thu Jun 02 09:07:07 CDT 2005

Your problem is most likely your connection dtring not having the
username/password info for the database.
Also:
There are tons of applications that can open a password protected access
database with one click.

Your better off putting the access database somewhere in your account where
it can not be downloaded. Either out of your web or in a folder that has
permissions set so it can not be downloaded.



"David Ewer" <DavidEwer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D01C82D8-71EF-46D8-881D-9E974006BE44@microsoft.com...
>I have followed the guidelines in knowledgebase article
> 825498 "How to create a password-protected web page...."
> to create a secure area to my website.
>
> This works fine but I now want to password protect my
> access database however if I do this I am no longer able
> to access my secure pages. I have used the example
> scripts in the knowledgebase article with only minor
> changes for cosmetic purposes.
>
> Do I need to add something to the script to allow for a
> password-protected database or can I not password-protect
> it.
>
> I noticed a reference to username and password in the
> sample logon.inc file and added my database password but
> this has not helped.
>
> Can anybody suggest how I can achieve a password-
> protected database?
>
> Thanks
>
> David
>

DavidEwer
Thu Jun 02 09:39:04 CDT 2005

Hi Kyle

Thanks for your reply. I wasn't aware that a password-protected Access
database was that easy to open. Thankfully the database is stored in a secure
folder.

Thanks for the advice.

Regards

David

"Kyle Peterson" wrote:

> Your problem is most likely your connection dtring not having the
> username/password info for the database.
> Also:
> There are tons of applications that can open a password protected access
> database with one click.
>
> Your better off putting the access database somewhere in your account where
> it can not be downloaded. Either out of your web or in a folder that has
> permissions set so it can not be downloaded.
>
>
>
> "David Ewer" <DavidEwer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D01C82D8-71EF-46D8-881D-9E974006BE44@microsoft.com...
> >I have followed the guidelines in knowledgebase article
> > 825498 "How to create a password-protected web page...."
> > to create a secure area to my website.
> >
> > This works fine but I now want to password protect my
> > access database however if I do this I am no longer able
> > to access my secure pages. I have used the example
> > scripts in the knowledgebase article with only minor
> > changes for cosmetic purposes.
> >
> > Do I need to add something to the script to allow for a
> > password-protected database or can I not password-protect
> > it.
> >
> > I noticed a reference to username and password in the
> > sample logon.inc file and added my database password but
> > this has not helped.
> >
> > Can anybody suggest how I can achieve a password-
> > protected database?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > David
> >
>
>
>

Kyle
Thu Jun 02 09:43:59 CDT 2005

ohh.. in frontpage it is easy to make sure no one can download the database.
Connect to the site live... right click on the database folder and uncheck
"allow files to be browsed"


"David Ewer" <DavidEwer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D01C82D8-71EF-46D8-881D-9E974006BE44@microsoft.com...
>I have followed the guidelines in knowledgebase article
> 825498 "How to create a password-protected web page...."
> to create a secure area to my website.
>
> This works fine but I now want to password protect my
> access database however if I do this I am no longer able
> to access my secure pages. I have used the example
> scripts in the knowledgebase article with only minor
> changes for cosmetic purposes.
>
> Do I need to add something to the script to allow for a
> password-protected database or can I not password-protect
> it.
>
> I noticed a reference to username and password in the
> sample logon.inc file and added my database password but
> this has not helped.
>
> Can anybody suggest how I can achieve a password-
> protected database?
>
> Thanks
>
> David
>

Kyle
Thu Jun 02 10:08:48 CDT 2005

yup, unfortunately

I guess if ya want real security you use MSSQL server or MySQL..

take care

"David Ewer" <DavidEwer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D16DF7F3-EAB7-46EA-8BAC-FB80EC36B722@microsoft.com...
> Hi Kyle
>
> Thanks for your reply. I wasn't aware that a password-protected Access
> database was that easy to open. Thankfully the database is stored in a
> secure
> folder.
>
> Thanks for the advice.
>
> Regards
>
> David
>
> "Kyle Peterson" wrote:
>
>> Your problem is most likely your connection dtring not having the
>> username/password info for the database.
>> Also:
>> There are tons of applications that can open a password protected access
>> database with one click.
>>
>> Your better off putting the access database somewhere in your account
>> where
>> it can not be downloaded. Either out of your web or in a folder that has
>> permissions set so it can not be downloaded.
>>
>>
>>
>> "David Ewer" <DavidEwer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:D01C82D8-71EF-46D8-881D-9E974006BE44@microsoft.com...
>> >I have followed the guidelines in knowledgebase article
>> > 825498 "How to create a password-protected web page...."
>> > to create a secure area to my website.
>> >
>> > This works fine but I now want to password protect my
>> > access database however if I do this I am no longer able
>> > to access my secure pages. I have used the example
>> > scripts in the knowledgebase article with only minor
>> > changes for cosmetic purposes.
>> >
>> > Do I need to add something to the script to allow for a
>> > password-protected database or can I not password-protect
>> > it.
>> >
>> > I noticed a reference to username and password in the
>> > sample logon.inc file and added my database password but
>> > this has not helped.
>> >
>> > Can anybody suggest how I can achieve a password-
>> > protected database?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > David
>> >
>>
>>
>>