Subject Re: [IB-Architect] Nailing down the external file problem.
Author Schlottmann-Goedde@t-online.de
Dalton Calford schrieb:

> Ultimately, I would like to see some method proposed that would safely
> allow the interbase server to run as some user other than root on a *nix
> system.
>
> It has been awhile, can someone update me as to the exact reasons why IB
> must run as root and what problems will occur if it is run as some other
> user?

Mark O'Donohue is working on a solution at the moment.
There will be a user firebird soon.

Frank

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