I have a split database (FE on users' systems, BE on server) that
occasionally, for no reason I can discern, gives a user the old "You do not
have exclusive access..." message upon opening the database. I'm not using
Access security, so I know the problem isn't related to a workgroup file.
The problem doesn't happen consistently (that I've been able to tell), and
it doesn't always happen to the same user. All users have full access rights
to the server folder where the BE is stored. So far, when the message has
appeared, the user can click through it until the database opens, and then
everything works fine - including updates to the database (despite what the
message says).

Can anyone suggest some other reasons that this message would occur on an
infrequent basis? And why it would appear but then allow the users to make
changes anyway? Any insights would be greatly appreciated.

Carl Rapson