richardghayward wrote:

>Hi Sam,
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>>"Users" are NOT normally allowed to log into the FB server.
>>Why are yours?
>>Your app should be providing appropriate privleges/access rights to
>>necessary data.
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>Because security should be the responsibility of the server, not a
>client application. I want to give users the freedom to use any FB
>client they want, IBOconsole, IB_SQL , ibWebAdmin or whatever.
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>>If your users need to query the data, provide them with a tool with a
>>dedicated read-only datasource.
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>Well following that line of reasoning, why bother having a server that
>understands how to grant or withhold select permissions at all?
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>regards
>Richard
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maybe I didn't state the case correctly for FB.
I'll let someone else add to what I have said.
Sam H.