A big password mess

[Ron Hoagland]

I have walked into a mess. Did a project 10 years ago with FMP 4.0. I spent about 2 years working with this company to create an application. They brought someone in to update this Application and did a 4.0 to 8.5 upgrade. None of the passwords that were on the old system now work in the new or in the old system either. I have tried all of the passwords that I put into the system originally. There were only 3 types: Admin for full layout/program control, User: used to edit/update records, guest: to view and print records. The only access that we now have is guest. I really don't want to rewrite all of this again. I have no idea what this person did. Can anyone help?

[Ender]

I don't understand. The person that did the migration changed the passwords? Can't they say what the new password is?

What's the condition of the pre-conversion backups?

[bcooney]

You have tried entering the old passwords as the account name and password. Isn't that how the passwords get converted; they become both the account name and the password? Otherwise, sounds like a legal matter with this other developer.

[Steven H. Blackwell]

ou have tried entering the old passwords as the account name and password. Isn't that how the passwords get converted

Absolutely correct, Barbara. A fuller explanation fot his can be found in the Security Chapter of the Mega Tech Brief on Migration and Conversion, co-writtten by your moderator and FBA Platinum Member Barbara R. Levine.

Steven

[Ron Hoagland]

I will try the user name and password together. I really think this guy had no idea what he was doing and is now hiding because he screwed it up.