As I've read in Firebird Release Notes, you should run
SSFirebird_change_user (or something like this) program, that change
your user root for another user (firebird user).

Bye

--- In ib-support@yahoogroups.com, "Didier Gasser-Morlay
<Didiergm@n...>" <Didiergm@n...> wrote:

> quick question: does firebird has to run as root and if not how can

I

> change it.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Didier