Thanks all. We figured it out. When using the ZIP install, some of
the .dll files from Firebird 1.5 did not get transferred. We did a
full install of 2.1.1 and were able to get all the .dll files
installed. Good to add to FAQ for anyone else going through this.

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Ismael L. Donis García"
<ismael@...> wrote:

>
> And because they have not corrected?, I believe that it is somewhat

seriously ill

>
> =========
> ¦¦ ISMAEL ¦¦
> =========
>
> ----- Mensaje original -----
> De: Helen Borrie
> Para: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> Enviado: martes, 27 de enero de 2009 03:23
> Asunto: Re: [firebird-support] 2.1.1 Admin P/W change - 8

characters - please help

>
>
> At 04:58 AM 28/01/2009, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >
> >We are having issues moving our Delphi application from IB to

Firebird

> >2.1.1. We have it working on Firebird 1.5, but 2.1.1 appears to have
> >downgraded the admin. password to 8 characters.
>
> Nope. It has never been > 8 characters.
>
> >In the IB version, it was 9 characters.
>
> You can define passwords with 9 (or more) characters but only the

first 8 are used. The old standard 'masterkey' is a case in point. The
actual password is 'masterke'. If you have users with 'masterkey' and
'masterketchup' their passwords are the same.

>
> >How are others handling this? This appears to be a
> >downgrade and will seriously impact our Delphi application code.
>
> No change. Was 8, is still 8. There shouldn't be anything to

"handle". The extra characters should just continue to be ignored at
authentication time, just as they were in Fb 1.5 and IB.

>
> But tell us what is happening when your application is passing

these over-length passwords. "Having issues" doesn't say anything useful.

>
> (One suspects that you might be trying to use a renamed copy of

your old Fb 1.5 security.fdb as the security2.fdb on Fb 2.1. That
won't work.)

>
> > We use
> >English, MS Server 2008 SP1, Vista Business SP1, XP Pro SP3. Any
> >assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>
> ./heLen
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