Subject Re: [firebird-support] Re: User managment with embeded
Author Martijn Tonies
> > Embedded doesn't have user management.
>
> OK, suspected that this is the case...
>
> Now should I file feature request on this? I know that embeded doesn't
> have "real security" (ie password isn't checked when logging in) but
> IMHO it is still desirable to have user managment stuff in place... ie

You can only have user management if you have a way to store
the user names etc, which involves the security database.

IMO, this is beyond the scope of the Embedded version of
Firebird.

> user might want to change the username with which s/he logs in and as
> a app developer I have one special case less to worry about.

Have you thought about some "users" table in your database? So
instead of relying on server side security, do a bit of "roll your own"?

Martijn Tonies
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