You must set permissions in each version. Permissions are stored in the mdb
file. The workgroup file (mdw) just stores users, passwords, groups, and
group membership.
You are best to assign permissions to groups.

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Joan Wild
Microsoft Access MVP
> I need to create a secure database in a multiuser
> environment, with some users having 97 and some with 2000.
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> different on the other. How can I make the permissions the
> same on both platforms?