> Hi,
>
> Firstly, thanks for Firebird and thanks to Helen for her book on
> Firebird (version 1.5 of Firebird but still a tremendous help and
> worth every penny). I went through the book to try and determine how
> to allow a user to change his/her password via an application but I
> could not find any information regarding this. Reading through the
> Release Notes I couldn't find any information either other than using
> gsec and that security2.fdb is not accessible directly, even for
> SYSDBA. Is there a way that a user can change his/her password
> without using gsec via a stored procedure on the database? It just
> seems easier to have the user change his/her password from within an
> application than using the gsec utility. The password change is done
> on a bi-weekly basis and should also happen the first time a user
> accesses the system.
>
> Many thanks in advance.
> Anthonie

You use the services API and a security component. There are several around,
it depends on your connection layer.
Alan