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From: mike@pyrite.SOM.CWRU.Edu (Michael Kerner)
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Subject: Re: Help removing password protection
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Date: 20 Nov 90 18:09:55 GMT
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In article <1990Nov19.161009.12166@terminator.cc.umich.edu> mike@terminator.cc.umich.edu (Mike Nowak) writes:
>One of our users has password protected his only copy of a stack.  He tried
>to use the DeProtect XCMD to remove the password but apparently it hasn't
>helped.  Are there other means for removing the password protection?  
>
>Electronic mail to the address above would be greatly appreciated!!
>
>Michael Nowak.


Deprotect does remove passwords just fine.  You may have a different problem.
Some stacks will set the UserLevel and CantModify upon entry (I do this with
my front-end network stacks so they will be sharable by users).  I haven't
tried it in HC 2.0, but DEPROTECT DOES REMOVE PASSWORDS EFFECTIVELY ON ALL
PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF HC.  I could be mistaken - that does happen from time
to time, but I've deprotected a bunch of stacks this past week.  Try the
following in the message box when the stack is loaded:

Set the CantModify of this stack to false
Set the userLevel to 5

That should clear up access problems (to scripts and the like).  One other
note - you have to set the maximum user level to 5 BEFORE you do that (in
the protection box) - otherwise no go.

Mike.