> In our system there is only one process opening the database. We
> were thinking of storing the file in a disc in other machine and
> accessing it by a mapped drive just for security reasons. What are
> the riscs of doing this ( for the risk-affine people :-) )?

Install Firebird on that machine and run it like a normal
client/server system without access to the datafile at all.

With regards,

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