> >Ideally, security should allow the SYSDBA to disable all access to a
> >database for a given user.
> >
> >
> Sorry for repeating myself, but I'd like to be absolutely sure, since I
> liked Firebird very much until now: Do I get it right, that this is
> impossible in Firebird to restrict any database file access to SYSDBA
> and the db owner only?
>
> If so, I find it very sad. I'm rooting a linux box with several
> independent users and now, how can I give them access to their own
> relational databases when they would be able to not even peek at other
> people's dbs, but also create tables there?

Well, for starters, do they even know those databases (and their
file locations?) exist? :-)

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
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