>Hello,
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>My clients asked me whether it is possible to have the access to a directory restricted for the user, while the program, which accesses the database on the server, still can modify the data.
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>Simply speaking, the user shall not be able to delete a DBF file on the server, whether with Windows Explorer or command prompt or whatever.
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>I don't think this is possible, but perhaps somebody has experience with this kind of configuration?
The problem is that with a simple programming (not C/S), accessing the database means being able to access the folder and files where the database resides.
You could change this to a C/S architecture - the database server may be either VFP running on another machine, or some other database, e.g. Oracle, or MySQL - but that would require some redesign in your application.
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