At 08:46 AM 20-09-02 -0400, you wrote:

>Hello list:
>
>i would like to eliminate this role and password (or at least the password)
>in order to enhance security...how does one do it?

Use the gsec utility (instructions in the Ops Guide) or simply connect to
the isc4.gdb as SYSDBA, with isql or your favourite SQL tool, and do

update USERS set PASSWD = 'newpasswd'
where USER_NAME='SYSDBA'

Most of the SQL tools have password-changing utilities, as well.

heLen