Subject RE: [IB-Architect] Re: Is it _really_ necessary to expose the location of the database file?
Author Mark Shapiro
>I suggested making aliases client-side, so that user applications
>wouldn't even have to know the server name.
>
>But if aliases are kept on the server, then you don't need permissions
>because you can just restrict access to the drive where the InterBase
>software resides (a good idea anyway).

Why not both? Allow client-side aliases, AND server-side aliases?