At 02:00 AM 22/11/2003 +0000, you wrote:

>I am looking at using a piece of software that is based on the
>firebird server and in trying to get an ODBC driver to interface the
>database I keep getting the request for a username and password
>and/or username is not setup please see your administrator.
>
>The software company is not supporting ODBC and therefore not
>cooperative.

It's more likely they are not supporting the idea of having outsiders
coming into their database with utility tools and stealing or stuffing up
the database. I'd say that, if they are not cooperative, it means they
don't intend for you to open the DB except with their application.

OTOH, if they supplied a username and password with the eval, or whatever
you are looking at, you might be able to use those in your DNS setup.

>My question is, is there a back door or standard username and
>password?

No back door. It is possible to steal the database if you have filesystem
access to it, and open it on another server using the installation default
SYSDBA password. Without knowing more, I'd say a request like this isn't
too much different to going to a Warez site and asking for a registration
code for M$Office.

Helen