> Background is, that if I could avoid the user "sysdba" it doesn't matter
> if someone would have access to backup files of the firebird database,
> because he has no security database allowing any access to the database.
> Otherwise a new initialized security database is something like a golden
> key.

But if someone have the backup file of the database, he can restore it in
another firebird server as any user of that server, included
sysdba-masterkey

Jordi