Hi Helen

I found it. It was in /Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Versions/A/Resources/English.lproj/security.fdb

Thank you for the clue. Now I just need to work out how to connect to it. Why does gsec not see it?

Vic

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@...> wrote:
>
> At 06:54 PM 24/08/2012, Vic wrote:
> >I have searched high and low for the SECURITY.FDB on my mac for the password database. Have they changed it's name or hidden it some where. gsec keeps coming back as unable to atach to password database.
>
> Well...it's in /Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/English.lproj/var but its name is security2.fdb (and has been since Fb 2.0).
>
> Try using the -database switch. The connection path argument will need the host name (or localhost) if you're running Superserver.
>
> ./hb
>