> > Moreover, one can overwrite everything in firebird install
> > directory, including firebird.conf and even some binaries. Do not
> > use such tricks, please, to access that aliases list.
> >
>
> D'OH! A part of the message that you didn't quote:
>
> "and also help you understand why the ExternalFileAccess directive is
> a really good idea"
>
> was meant to render the whole post ironic (which would have come
> across clearly if I had spoken the words out loud) but I see that in
> spite of the opening and closing lines, the messsage was ambiguous
> after all.
>
> So just to be clear: Don't try this at home, kids. The point of
> ExternalFileAccess et. al. is so that you can keep people from doing
> any of this sort of stuff in the first place.
>
> And I'll try to refrain from posting replies on late Friday
> afternoons.
>
> Michael D. Spence
> Mockingbird Data Systems, Inc.