rlowdon

In my menu options, I don't see an option for File --> Access Priveleges --> Passwords. The only options I see under the File menu that might pertain to this are Define Fields, Define Value Lists, Define Relationships. Nothing to do with accounts and passwords. This is using the "master" password that I recovered using a password cracker. Any other thoughts?

I did try admin as username and admin as the password and it logged me in with my current "admin" account. Unfortunately, this is the admin account I was given that isn't the true "master" account. Are you sick of me using the term admin? ;-) Any help would be much appreciated.

Hi, It appears as though the password cracker that was suggested worked! I was able to logon using this new found password and now have access to different menu options. I spoke with FileMaker tech support and they have advised to run the migration again. I did that and then attempted to logon with my new found "master" password. When I do that, I get the following error message: "The user password you have provided does not have a current user profile associated with it. Please restart the application and login as a different user." I've talked to tech support about this error message and no one there has worked with version 5. They tell me that I should remove all passwords before migrating, but how do I do that? With this new password I'm able to go into File --> Define Fields and this gives me an option to delete the fields called "password" and "password2". Is that something I want to be doing? Help!! Thanks

Thank you for your response. I can't define access privileges in the current software. I will get back to the customer and try the password recovery utility you have suggested.

Hi, I'm currently experiencing issues performing a migration. Our client is currently running server 5.5 and we are looking to migrate them to version 9. The databases that our client is using were developed by a person who is no longer with the company and can't be contacted. I was able to convert the databases to the version 9 format, but we are experiencing problems when the users logon. It appears as though when some users logon they are loading under a different user profile. I've been in touch with tech support at FileMaker and they have advised to go under File --> Manage --> Accounts & Priveledges to strip passwords out. However, when I'm logged on as the admininstrator, this option is greyed out. I've looked into exporting the data into another format as well, but it is just giving me raw data with no formatting at all. I can't re-enter items as the client currently has approximately 24,000 records in their database. I'm fairly new to the FileMaker system and I thank anyone who can offer advise during our transition phase. If you'd like more info to help with with a solution, please let me know. Thanks