> I have developed an application with IBPP and firebird 1.5.2.
> I would like to know if only SYSDBA is able to
> backup the database.
> Shouldn't all users be able to backup? (restore is another think
> and I agree that only SYSDBA should do it)

SYSDBA and the database owner (which might not be SYSDBA).

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Database Workbench - developer tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL & MS SQL
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