neruda@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Steve Neruda) (11/12/87)
Thanks to the people who reponded to my need to break protection on a stack I had forgotten the passwd. I am still troubled by a problem with these deprotection method (I recieved two methods); neither work when private access has been set. The stack named 'deprotect' will deprotect a stack that you have lost your passwd for as long as private access has not been set. If it has it will damage the stack in such a way that it cannot be accessed even with the correct passwd (I tested this on a number of experimental stacks) The other modification that is suppose to make hypercard ignore the passwd also fails when easy access is set These are problems that are for the most part insignificant and yet, working in a university setting as a mac support person, I'm sure that sooner or later I will run across someone who has protected their only copy of a stack and are unable to remember the passwd. The fact that deprotect also damages the stack from being accessable with the correct passwd is bothersome --steve neruda
taylorj@yvax.byu.edu (07/27/89)
There've been a couple of questions about unprotecting a protected stack, so I thought I'd point out that contrary to popular belief forgetting your password does not mean the end of the world. There is an XCMD called "deprotect" that simply and painlessly removes the password protection from any stack. It's available in the excellent Developer's Stack from Steve Drazga. You can probably get it from other sources as well. Jim Taylor Microcomputer Support for Curriculum Brigham Young University taylorj@byuvax.bitnet