How do I unlock a secure geodatabase?

[OlufisolaOladipo1]

I have some gis data in file geodatabase format. The data was saved in pmf format.

All I want is to have access to the data so I can edit and manipulate.

Right now I can see the data only through arcreader. I have tried to uncompress the data but it did not work. When I try to view it in arcmap or arccatalog, it will give " secure data", no access.

Could someone help. I need help urgently.

[JoeBorgione]

I have some gis data in file geodatabase format. The data was saved in pmf format.

All I want is to have access to the data so I can edit and manipulate.

Right now I can see the data only through arcreader. I have tried to uncompress the data but it did not work. When I try to view it in arcmap or arccatalog, it will give " secure data", no access.

Could someone help. I need help urgently.

You need to have who ever actually owns the data to give it to you.  First you state it's a geodatabase, but then you say it's in pmf.  So which is it?  If you have a geodatabase on your computer, you should be able to set the permissions so you can edit it.  If you are simply hacking a database, you are on your own.