> as i recall, this is one of the main things keeping a lot of
> hosting sites from using
> firebird/interbase rather than mysql for their (many) users'
> databases. sysdba is like root on a system

Actually with v1.5 it is possible:

- to have multiple copy of FB running, each with it's own
security database.

- (a working goal) is to have FB install and run in a non-root
context


Sean