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A client is receiving a “You don’t have permission to read [REPORT NAME]” error message when attempting to launch a report in a MS Access database. When I go to the “Change Owner” tab under Tools > Security > User Groups and Permissions, the owner is <unknown>. If I attempt to change the owner, I get a “You don’t have permission to change the owner of [REPORT NAME].” error message.
How do I reclaim the object so I can restore its permissions?
I ended up finding a copy of the database from a month ago and importing the inaccessible reports into a blank Access database file. Then, I imported the remaining database objects from the current copy of the database. Problem solved.
As far as I know, they have never used MS Access/MDW security on the database, so I suspect it’s just a symptom of an old Access database that’s ripe for a .NET/SQL Server migration.