> > The security database customisations outlined by Ivan Prenosil
> and also by
> > Helen are quite clear.
> > What's not so clear is that in order to use them at the
> application layer,
> > the application needs to know the full path (from the server's
> POV) of the
> > security database.
>
> Absolutely no. My scripts change only some security aspects,
> but they do NOT change the way users are added/modified/deleted.
>
> (the only exception - Firebird 1.5 introduced new bug with handling
> computed columns in views, and so it is better to not include
> Full_Name column
> in Users view (or even Users2 table).
>
> Have you also read the other atricle
> http://www.volny.cz/iprenosil/interbase/ip_ib_users.htm
> ?

yes - thanks that link says it all - wish I'd read it 3 days ago. I've
finished my work on this now :-)
Alan