Ross Simmons wrote:

>
> --- In ib-support@y..., Paul Reeves <paul@f...> wrote:
> > Ross Simmons wrote:
> > > The version is 5.01. The really weird thing is that it's not only
> > > happening on my system. I can go elsewhere on the network to any
> > > other workstations.
> > >
> > > I can change the password to prevent users from stumbling across
> the
> > > bug but, lots of stuff like backup processes are hardcoded with
> that
> > > information.
> > >
> > > Is there anything else that you can suggest?
> > >
> >
> > Well, I finally dug out my BDE admin and tried this. Amazingly, I
> am getting
> > the same thing. And to think I have been typing masterkey in, all
> these years.
> > That must be several minutes of my life wasted.
> >
> > Having just discovered this, my first inclination would be to think
> that the
> > driver developers are just taking a punt and matching the default
> password up
> > to SYSDBA. And this indeed appears to be the case.
> >
> >
> > Paul
> > --
> >
> > Paul Reeves
> > http://www.ibphoenix.com
> > taking InterBase further
>
> Ok...That is something isn't it? Are you absolutely sure? I'm at a
> lost. I will have to write my own login prompt for my application as
> suggested.

No - you just have to change the SYSDBA password so that it isn't the standard
development one.


Paul
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Paul Reeves
http://www.ibphoenix.com
taking InterBase further