Hi Stefan

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "stefanbalzter" <email@s...>
wrote:

>
> Who or what is "System" in this context? The user that owns the
> Firebird service running?
>

System is a built-in account. By default, the Firebird service runs
under that account so no user needs to be logged in for the database
server to run. Check the properties of the Firebird service in the
Services applet in Control Panel to see which account is being used.

In a secure system, users should have NO rights to the database file.
They could copy the file and sell it to a competitor or damage it with
unauthorised tools or even just a file copy while the database is active.

> Anyway, at least the original file would have to work, wouldn't it?
> Renaming and re-renaming ought not to change any access rights for

anyone.

>

Ahh. So the original file is also affected? The plot thickens!

What was the original problem with the database? Was it fixed on your
machine? Copying a database file directly is not a good idea unless
the database server is shutdown. The file may have some corruption.

If you have a working copy on your machine, you should do a backup. On
the client machine, create a new database and restore from your backup.

Dave