Ivan Grozny wrote:

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> > How do I generate security2.fdb when my application with the embedded
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> > firebird engine is installed? Is there an installer that I can bundled
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> > along with my application or something for cases where it is a single
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> > user who then needs a local firebird database?
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> Hmmm... I'm new here, but I think I can answer this one: you don't. The
> embedded server disregards security2.fdb.

not according to Milan Babuskov. He gleaned from other material that it
is needed.

http://sotu.berlios.de/Firebird-Embedded-Linux-HOWTO.html

Which is why I asked whether firebird databases were portable...