Hi,

> 3 general questions about rights in FireBird
>
> 1. Is it possible to have multiple admin users, and not only SYSDBA ?
> How can I implement this ?

No, except for the database owner. Only the database owner and
SYSDBA can backup a database. You cannot grant an (any) user
the same rights as SYSDBA.

> 2. Is it possible to control the number of users ? In FB ? Via a
> middleware ? Without giving the possibility for the customer to
> change it (of course ;-))?

No, Firebird does not have some kind of max-users, you have to
do that yourself.

> 3. Is there any possibility to encrypt the database (in order to
> protect it better) ?

Not natively.

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Database Workbench - developer tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL & MS SQL
Server.
Upscene Productions
http://www.upscene.com