FW: Processing Password Questions

[John Esak]

Gary,
You are working under a misconeption. The site password is never required at
runtime. It is only needed to get into *cabe.
My vote is not to use them.

John


> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com]On Behalf Of Gary Olman
> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 6:49 PM
> To: 'Nancy Palmquist'; Filepro-List
> Subject: RE: FW: Processing Password Questions
>
>
> Nancy;
> You have told me before to use a site password. I guess I am just a little
> hesitant (also know as wuss).
> What happens if in the middle of a automatic process the PW is requested.
> Or when will the PW be asked for. I have a client and I keep a copy of his
> processes
> on my computer.  If I use the same site PW on him will I be okay.? I have
> about 8 fp processes
> that run one after the other automatically, once the menu item is started.
>
> PS I put this up on the fplist, I hope you don't mind
> Regards
> Gary
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nancy Palmquist [mailto:nlp at vss3.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 2:09 PM
> To: Gary Olman
> Cc: Filepro-List
> Subject: Re: FW: Processing Password Questions
>
> Gary,
>
> I know I am coming into the end of this thread, but I have to tell you
> that you should assign a site password in the beginning.  Write it down
> and put the password in the safe, make a copy of the fppath file it will
> create and put that in a safe place, you will never be stuck not knowing
> the password.  It will remain totally transparent until the system
> password does not match the process password.
>
> SOAP BOX....  (As I have posted numerous times on this very subject...)
>
> If you do not assign a password and it accidentally gets assigned later,
> as people always say, unbeknownst to them. (I love that word, not sure
> if I made it up or not but it fits.)
>
> It will attach itself to each and every process table that you open and
> save, that has no password already.  This is transparent to the developer.
>
> Then at some later time, the password is changed, removed or lost.  Now
> when you try to enter a process table, it prompts for a password and you
> do not know what it was.
>
> VERY ANNOYING.
>
> Now if you assign one and let it attach to all tables, if it ever asks
> you for a password, you know immediately that it was changed.  You can
> put the correct password back (from your carefully stored password
> notes.) and all will be well again.
>
> When I helped fpTech with support, this was one of the common problems
> and I very strongly recommend that one always be assigned, even if it is
> "password" or "filepro" or something that simple.
>
> SOAP BOX  -.... END
>
> Saving in ASCII is great for two reasons in my book, it is faster and
> you can edit the tables without filePro - including the sitepassword
> data, if need be.
>
> Nancy
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