Hi Michael,

> we met at the firebird conference in Fulda, I was the one who won a
> licence for DB Workbench, thanks a lot it is helping very much to
> get into it. Unthinkable to work without it!

That's good to hear - and you made the step to Firebird as well :-)

> You said that unless you don't have the SYSDBA password you can't
> have access to the data. But what about copying the database file to
> another machine, connecting as any database user in DB Workbench and
> do "Exract DDL" including grants? Then you can see the name of the
> authorized user in that database. You then can create such a user on
> the machine and - there you go!
>
> Is that scenario I described possible?

It sure is. The so called "physical protection" of your datafiles is
important with Firebird. If someone is able to steal your datafiles,
you're pretty much screwed.

With regards,

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