--- In Firebird-Java@yahoogroups.com, Christian Stengel
<christian_stengel@...> wrote:

> you don't need to. You could set the username and the password using
> environment variables:
>
> #! /bin/sh
>
> export ISC_USER=sysdba
> export ISC_PASSWORD=masterkey
> /Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Resources/bin/isql
> 127.0.0.1:database
>
> If you set this script 700 you can only execute and read it as root -
> no user can see the password or the username - and no user can
> execute it.
> CU,
> Chris

Great idea... Unfortunately the root user can read it... :(
And we know how lax some sites are about giving the root password to
everyone.