On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 1:16 AM, Stevio <redeagle@...> wrote:

> I did try it already but it did not work. Sorry if I did not make that
> clear. The documentation I was using showed how to modify a password but
> only when using sysdba. When I changed the user to my own user, modifying
> the password failed. I did some further searching about on the web and from
> what I understand, your answer is not quite correct.
>
> In Firebird 2, a user can modify their own password. I have Firebird 2
> installed on another computer here and I managed to successfully change my
> own password.
>
> However, on the main PC I use it has Firebird 1.5.1 installed. In this
> version of Firebird, you cannot change your own password. Can I ask if there
> are any workarounds for this? If not, it is not too much of a problem.
>
> Finally, please do not make assumptions about what I have or have not tried.
> I freely admit I am not a Firebird expert, but one of the main ways I learn,
> and others learn, is by asking questions. Your response is exactly the type
> of response that puts people off asking questions. If people are going to
> start using Firebird more, they are going to come to lists like these with
> their basic questions as they attempt to get their head round how it works.
> The group web page makes no mention of not asking basic or newbie questions,
> and I for one am grateful to those who are willing to help us non-experts
> become experts. :-)

Hi Stevio,

Before commenting on the question per se, let me tell you that it was
never my intention to stop you from asking questions. Your question
was very vague and you did not mention what you had or had not done.
So people will obviously assume. I am just saving you from being
ignored in your next posts. If you post vague (or as others call it
stupid questions), you will definitely be ignored. So, my answer was
to make you ask better questions. If you re-read your own question,
you will notice that you do not mention that you have or not tried, or
that you have searched it elsewhere. Obviously, that led me to assume
that you hadn't done any search or tried it yourself. I was wrong, but
was far from knowing without you providing that information. But,
anyway, my apologies.

Now, referring to your question and your findings, yes I did provide
an incomplete answer. Once again I wrongly assumed that you were using
FB2.0+, but that was instinctively. I didn't even remember (or did not
know) you couldn't do that in FB1.5. So, once again, my apologies and
hope that someone can help you with a workaround for FB1.5, because I
have never done that in FB1.5.

Good luck!

Fidel.