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"one user account fits all" in a secured database?

I have a secured Access 2000 database. There are approximately 30 user
accounts already set up. Each user logs into their copy of the
front-end by via a desktop shortcut which includes their username and
password.

Would there be a problem if all users accessed the database via the
SAME Access account username/password? I need to set up access to the
database for 15 new employees, and it would save a lot of time to
simply assign them the same Access user account name in their desktop
shortcut. Users would still each have a separate copy of the database
front-end on their partition on the server.

Lee
Nov 13 '05 #1
1 1300
No problem at all.

Naturally, CurrentUser() won't tell you exactly who it is if several people
log in as the same user, but it will work.

--
Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia.
Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html
Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org.

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I have a secured Access 2000 database. There are approximately 30 user
accounts already set up. Each user logs into their copy of the
front-end by via a desktop shortcut which includes their username and
password.

Would there be a problem if all users accessed the database via the
SAME Access account username/password? I need to set up access to the
database for 15 new employees, and it would save a lot of time to
simply assign them the same Access user account name in their desktop
shortcut. Users would still each have a separate copy of the database
front-end on their partition on the server.

Lee

Nov 13 '05 #2

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