New users and security

[Freehal04]

I want to add a few more users to the users group. Is this as simple as
adding them in the users group or will this adversely affect the security and
such. Also, I need to split the DB and I was wondering if I should add the
new users first, or split it first. Thanks.

 

[Joan Wild]

You don't want to add users to the 'Users Group' at all. That group normally has no permissions whatsoever. If you mean that you have a group that you created and you want to add users to it, then just use Tools, Security, Accounts -- create a new user and add them to whatever groups you want.

It makes no difference whether you add users before or after a split. The usernames/passwords are stored in the mdw file; permissions are stored in the mdb.

Do not use the database splitter wizard to split your secure database; the resulting backend will be completely unsecure. Instead split it manually:
www.jmwild.com/SplitSecure.htm