OK, thanks...
but can I have other users with rights on grants (I mean that could
give rights to other users) ?

David

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Martijn Tonies"
<m.tonies@u...> wrote:

> 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.
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