At 05:33 PM 17/12/2004 -0500, you wrote:

>Can i overwrite the security.fdb file from one installation to the other
>without affecting anything else. The fb server seems to hang.
>
>Here is the requirement , without requiring to do gsec, i need to add
>users and grant permissions. i was thinking to overwrite the default
>security.fdb file with the one i need.

You can do that, but not while the Firebird server is running. Under Fb
1.5, security.fdb is held open in a read-only transaction. Under SS, the
file has an exclusive lock.

./hb