Elmar,

Firebird security is OS based. If you secure your files in the server,
people must know SYSDBA password to access the database with full access.

It's easy for a server to secure the files. Just don't use OS that dont have
any securit, such as W95/98.

Just make sure no one can direct access the files on it. You don't need to
have a SYSDBA user in your OS - it's the engine itself that will access your
files (the user that runs the firebird service in the server is up to you).

Artur

----- Original Message -----
From: "Elmar Haneke" <elmar@...>
To: <firebird-support@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: [firebird-support] How to prevent SYSDBA to connect to database


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> Artur Anjos schrieb:
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> > If someone gets direct access to your database file, forget about
security.
> > If you use embedded, you must give direct access to the file to the user
> > that runs the application.
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> With this assumption one should also forget about blocking SYSDBA out
> of the database. In most installation I wouls assume that SYSDBA is
> the person with direct access to all files on the server. Defining a
> role "sysdba" seems to be an minimal barrier only.
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> Elmar
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