Hi,

> Is it possible to disable access to an embedded database with the
> SYSDBA account?
> Indeed it seems that with the embedded version of Firebird, you don't
> have to specify a password when you connect to the database (no use of
> security.fdb). Only SQL privilegies are checked. I've created a
> database with a specific username/password and I would like to use
> this database with an embedded server. However, with this embedded
> version, the SYSDBA user can always connect to the database and he's
> got all SQL privilegies! It can be a problem for the application I'm
> working on...

No, you cannot disable that. As you have found out, Embedded doesn't
check user names at all.

I must admit I'm surprised that SQL privileges work, given the "no user"
nature of embedded. But, as this seems to work, or at least, for a bit, you
could try to create a role SYSDBA by doing an INSERT into RDB$ROLES.

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