Password Problem

[Jeff Harrison]

Vicky Prigg wrote:
> 
> We have been having a problem with passwords on output 
> processing and I
> was wondering if anyone else has had this problem and if so, 
> what can we
> do about it.  Some of our output processing tables have acquired
> passwords somehow.  There are only 2 of us doing the 
> programming (we do
> not have any outside consultants) and we have not given passwords to
> these tables.  So, obviously, we can't get into the tables to modify
> programs.  Backups won't help as we had cycled through our 5 tapes
> before we realized something was wrong.  Not all of the processing
> tables in any one file have passwords, only a few and it can occur on
> automatic, input and/or output processing.  I traveled to New 
> York last
> week to another one of our offices and they had the same 
> problem there.
> We recently converted from version 4.8 to 5.0 and the problem seems to
> have happened after that time so we didn't know if there was a
> connection.
> 
> 

When your processing tables were last saved I assume that you had a
different /etc/fppath file.  If you can restore an old version of this file
your problems will probably go away.  

I believe that the 4th line of this file is an encoded checksum of your site
password.  As long as you create and save the processing tables with that
line in place filepro will not ask you for the site password.  Since it
changed, filepro thinks you have moved these files to a different site so it
is asking for it now.  If you can't find the old /etc/fppath file then If
your tables are stored as ascii you should be able to use a regular text
editor to strip the passwords.  Otherwise fptech should be able to strip
them for you for a fee.

Good Luck.

Jeff Harrison
jeff.harrison at epixweb.com

Author of JHExport and JHImport - The fastest and easiest ways to generate
code for filepro exports and imports.  Demos available upon request.