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Enterprise Architect => Bugs and Issues => Topic started by: SteveHickey on February 22, 2011, 04:34:19 pm

Title: How to recover password
Post by: SteveHickey on February 22, 2011, 04:34:19 pm

We have a couple of EA Projects from a year ago that have security enabled. Unfortunately, the standard password has not been used and we are unable to access the project files.

Is there any work around that would enable us to access the project  files without us having to recreate these files?

Title: Re: How to recover password
Post by: Geert Bellekens on February 22, 2011, 07:41:26 pm

Yes, there is a hack:
- Create a new project with security enabled
- Create a new user and pasword in this new project
- Open the new project with ms-access and open table t_secuser
- Copy the value of the column password of your new user
- Open the old project with ms-access and open tabe t_secuser
- Paste the just copied value in the password column
- Close databases
- Open the old project and login with the password of the new user on the new project.

Geert

Title: Re: How to recover password
Post by: neil_albiston on February 22, 2011, 09:42:20 pm

..even shorter.
Open the t_sec users table and delete the password against the specific user. ( set Password = "" )

Then log in leaving the password blank.

Title: Re: How to recover password
Post by: Geert Bellekens on February 23, 2011, 01:06:25 am

Hmm, why take the easy road when you can take the hard road as well ;D

Geert