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Asked: 2026-05-16T14:37:13+00:00

I have a database in Access 2003 that I only want certain people to

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I have a database in Access 2003 that I only want certain people to be able to access.
In my database I have a table which lists the people that should be able to access the database. (Tbl_BIRT_Users). The table contains their name, ntlogin and email address. It also has an ‘adminstrator’ field.

My question has two parts:

1 – On opening the database how can I get it to lookup the ntlogin (environ username) of the person and ensure that that person is authorised to use the database?

2 – I need the database to look at the ‘administrator’ Yes/No field and grant read only access to non admins and full access to admins.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Use an API call to get the login name – API: Get Login name You can change environment variables while at the command prompt and then, if start Access executing from the command prompt, Access will use the spoofed environment variable.

    Also there are ways of easily breaking table driven security such as the user taking the backend database home to a retail copy of Access resides, changing the values in the tables and bringing the database back to the office.

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