I type the example from the dos box. It's probably a type-o. I think I have tried every possible combination of -pw, -pass, password. I found the example you sent somewhere in the docs, net, etc. That didn't offer any relief. I did manage to get it changed using FlameRobin. If that's the only alternative I'll use that to modify the Security2.fdb that ships with the app. Sure seems like it's a lot more difficult that it should be though.

Thanks for the reply.

>
> From: Paul Vinkenoog <paul@...>
> Date: 2007/03/13 Tue PM 04:42:14 EST
> To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [firebird-support] How do you change the SYSDBA Password
>
> Hi dkoder2,
>
> > I swear I am about ready to go back to stone tablets and a chisel. I
> > finally gave up on getting the embedded database to work and now I
> > having trouble changing the SYSDBA password. I have searched the
> > docs, the net, and this forum and not one of the examples seem to
> > work.
>
> > I have tried every iteration conceivable using -d, database, -pw,
> > -pass, -password, etc.
>
> Are you sure? In the examples posted you either use twice -pass or
> twice -pw.
>
> If you've read the docs carefully (the Quick Start Guide, for example)
> you should have seen that you first use -user en -pass to identify
> yourself as sysdba, and then later on -pw to specify the new password
> of whoever you mentioned after -modify.
>
> For instance:
>
> gsec -user sysdba -pass masterkey -mo sysdba -pw icuryy4me
>
>
>
> Hope this helps!
> Paul Vinkenoog
>
>