>Les Pinter wrote a security system in VFP 3.0. It is available at www.microsoft.com/msdn. As is normal for his stuff, the UI sucks. I'm in the process of doing a usable UI based on his ideas. Basically, he's done the same thing as Novell...users, groups, and rights. It's much more flexible than the system you're proposing.

My system is to meet a user's specification :-)

I know it can be improved, but it doesn't have to be - what it has to be is implemented in 4^H 3^H 2 days and counting... (boss' requirement).

Thanks for the input, I'll check out Les' code.