Hello Norman,

> I'm using user_name and that is what is failing.

Try: USER

> But no matter, if you use no params, it still creates the database with

the defaults of sysdba and masterkey. So no problem.

Yes problem. Firebird won't do this by itself, so it's
related to your setup.

Get things right now to avoid problems :-)

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