If you are using Delphi you use the IBSecurityService component in the
Interbase Admin tab. Here's how to add a user name and password. Lookup
the help on the object to modify a user name and password (for sysdba). You
must initially login using the prior name and password, of course. I
commented out the lines I didn't need:

with IBSecurityService1 do //Add user.
begin
ServerName := 'localhost';
Params.Add('user_name=sysdba');
Params.Add('password=masterkey');

//First time entry.
LoginPrompt := False;
Active := True;
try
UserName := 'someUsername';
// FirstName := Edit2.Text;
// MiddleName := Edit3.Text;
// LastName := Edit4.Text;
// UserID := StrToInt(Edit5.Text);
// GroupID := StrToInt(Edit6.Text);
Password := 'somePassword';
try
AddUser;
except
showmessage('Failed to add application user login.');
end;

finally
Active := False;
end;
end; //with ...

-----Original Message-----
From: news@... [mailto:news@...]On Behalf Of Raymond
Kennington
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 7:28 PM
To: ib-support@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ib-support] Changing the sysdba password when installing from a
deployment CD


Suppose a database is created by user sysdba with password password2.

Once Firebird (or IB) is installed and the database and application are
installed Firebird
does not use password2.

Given the recommendation to alter it, what is a good way to do this during
installation of
FB, database and app from a CD where the installation program for the app is
InstallShield
Express?

Raymond Kennington