Hi Michael,

>> Until version 2.x of Firebird we controlled licenses to our
>> program by fetching all connected users.
>> If there where more connected users than the customer payed
>> for, he could not start the program.
>>
>> But the latest security update prevents me from getting the
>> connected users unless Im SYSDBA.
>> So as of now we have no control.

Have you considered looking into the various MON$ tables? I'm thinking
that MON$ATTACHMENTS might give you the count that you need?

MON$REMOTE_ADDRESS will give you the IP address that the connection was
made from.
MON$USER is the login name - so you can ignore SYSDBA connections for
example.
MON$ROLE might also be useful.
MON$REMOTE_PROCESS should give you the utility used to connect.

There are caveats with the MON$REMOTE_XXX columns if the client version
is < 2.0.

These tables were introduced at 2.1.


HTH

Cheers,
Norman.


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