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Q166507: HOWTO: Recover from a Lost Anomaly Tracking System Password

Article: Q166507
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnokeyword
Last Modified: 19-AUG-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Anomaly Tracking System, version 1.0 
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SUMMARY
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In the event of a lost password in an Anomaly Tracking System (ATS) database, it
is possible to reset the password.

MORE INFORMATION
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There are two possible methods to recover from this scenario.

- If there is another user in the database that has administrator rights, that
  user can login and restore the other user's password. This can be
  accomplished through the User Maintenance dialog box.

  -or-

- The ATS database files can be viewed in Visual FoxPro 5.0 to determine what
  the user's password is. The following steps outline this process:

  a. Open the ATS database (Ft.dbc) in Visual FoxPro 5.0.

  b. USE the Ftuser.dbf table.

  c. BROWSE the Ftuser.dbf table.

  d. Locate the user's record in this table.

  e. Look at the contents of the Us_pwd field to determine what the user's
     correct password is.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbnokeyword 
Technology        : kbVSsearch kbAudDeveloper kbATS100 kbVS97Search
Issue type        : kbhowto

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