Hannes Streicher a écrit :

> my opinion
> get rid of security2.fdb and put security information into the databasefile(s)
>
> then i wont have to worry about third party programs locking me out
> as it has happend to me several times already
> when they installed firebird replaced security2.fdb and then changed
> the sysdba password so that i could not recreate my users
>
>

It will change nothing: as long as FB will be opensource, someone who
really wants to access your data will just have to get FB sources,
remove any authentication or security parts and compile.

as Dimitry said, the only real protection is to make sure the database
file cannot be accessed by anyone(thing) but FB

my 2 cents
Thierry