--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Alexandre Benson Smith
<iblist@...> wrote:

>
> Well...
>
> It is a hack !
>
> As Martijn said, there is no way to prevent SYSDBA to connect,

unless

> you use this hack, and I should add "use it at your own risk".
>
>
> To undo, as always, you will can extract a metadata back-up.
> Create a new database
> pump the data from the old database.
>
> Anyway, I should tell you to try it on a database that you don't

care

> about, and see if if works, and if you can undo it if/when

necessary.

>
> see you !
>
> --
> Alexandre Benson Smith
> Development
> THOR Software e Comercial Ltda
> Santo Andre - Sao Paulo - Brazil
> www.thorsoftware.com.br
>

Yea I could tell from the procedure that it is certainly a hack.
Sadly we are desperate enough to get our database under OUR control
that we might just use this hack if I can't find any specific danger
with this. I would certainly prefer a cleaner solution, but from
what I get from websites and Firebird forums is that the only other
way to get what we want is to change the database we use. We like
Firebird for because its free and we are a low budget company. We
are in a bad situation and really need a way out so we might choose
to go with this hack. If anyone knows of a better solution to keep
everyone but our company from modifying data (without putting the
databases at our site) I would LOVE to hear it.

Thanks for your input. We and everyone else that might try this
certainly need to realize that this is a hack and should be used
with extreme caution. I will certainly try to find any downfalls to
this before I make the switch, especially since our customers run
their businesses using our software, and I would recommend the same
to anyone else reading this.