Subject Re: [firebird-support] "Your user name and password are not defined."
Author dwilson@dslextreme.com
Luis Madaleno
> Hi,
>
> I have FB 1.5.2 running in a Suse 9.3 PRO machine.
> it runs fine and I can do a select * from rdb$relations sucessfully
> using isql.
>
> but if I try to open a DB using IBExpert from a windows machine, I get
> this error:
> "Your user name and password are not defined. Ask your database
> administrator to set up a Firebird login."
>
> I changed the SYSDBA.password file to have masterkey.
>

The SYSDBA.password file is just for your reference - it is not used by
Firebird internally. If you wish to change the SYSDBA password, use the
gsec utility.

You would also use gsec to add a username/password for yourself so that
you don't have to always use SYSDBA.

HTH,

Dan.