MSACCESS SECURITY GROUP ACCOUNT

Create a security group account

As part of securing a database, you can create group accounts in your Microsoft Access Workgroup that you use to assign a common set of permissions to multiple users.

To complete this procedure, you must be logged in as a member of the Admins group. Start Microsoft Access by using the workgroup in which you want to use the account.

Important: The accounts you create for users must be stored in the workgroup information file that those users will use. If you are using a different workgroup to create the database, change your workgroup before creating the accounts. You can change workgroups by using the Workgroup Administrator.

1. Open a database.
2. On the Tools menu, point to Security, and then click User and Group Accounts.
3. On the Groups tab, click New.
4. In the New User/Group dialog box, type the name of the new account and a personal ID (PID).

   Group names can range from 1 to 20 characters, and can include alphabetic characters, accented characters, numbers, spaces, and symbols, with the following exceptions:

   • The characters ' \ [ ] " | <> + = ; , . ? *
   • Leading spaces
   • Control characters (ASCII 10 through ASCII 31)

   Caution: Be sure to record the exact account name and Personal Identifier (PID), including the correct use of uppercase and lowercase letters, and store them securely. If you ever need to re-create a deleted account or replicate it in a different workgroup, you must provide the exact same name and PID. If these details are lost or forgotten, they cannot be recovered, and access to the database may be permanently lost.

5. Click OK to create the new group account.

Note: A user account name cannot be the same as an existing group account name.

To create more Group Accounts, repeat steps 3 to 5 above.

Click Next to see how to add users to security groups.

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MS-ACCESS Security Links.

1. Create a security user account
2. Create a security group account
3. Add users to security groups
4. Remove users from security groups
5. Delete a security user account
6. Delete a security group account
7. Create or change a security account password
8. Clear a security account password
9. Assign or remove permissions
10. Assign default permissions for new tables, queries, forms, reports, and macros.
11. View or transfer ownership of Objects
12. Transfer ownership of an entire database to another administrator
13. Permit others to view or run my query but not change data or query design.
14. Change default permissions for all new queries.
15. RunPermissions Property
16. Convert  Microsoft Access 95 or 97 secured databases.
17. Convert a workgroup information file from a previous version of Microsoft Access.
18. Share a previous-version secured database across several versions of Microsoft Access