Subject Re: [Firebird-Architect] External engines - metadata
Author Jim Starkey
Vlad Khorsun wrote:
>> Certainly, we must have well defined user's rights related with defining
>> external routines.
>>
>
> All we can (and must) to do is define and check CREATE\DECLARE\ALTER\DROP
> <object> privileges at database level. All other is external to database engine and
> not an our deal
>
>
>> Without it we can easily return to problems, when any user
>> with valid FB login may execute any code in context of firebird server. For
>> example, if any user would be able to create database (becoming it's owner)
>>
>
> Here we have a real problem - we must define and check privileges for
> CREATE DATABASE at engine instance level.
>
> My $0.02
>
>

I don't understand this. Why is this necessary? And how could it be
implemented in the Firebird database model? Specifically, where would
these permissions be defined and where would they be stored?