http://www.firebirdsql.org/manual/qsg2-config.html#qsg2-config-security
discusses some points you should consider.

And where to place databases - now, there are some common locations such
as /var, /usr/var or /opt - but there is no general authoritative answer
possible, as it depends on how the system is configured and what are the
needs of operating the db.

https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/security.html discusses general
freebsd security and links to some more toppics.

And as written before: firebird is the only user who needs access to the
databases.




stevef199@... [firebird-support] wrote:

> If someone posts an authoritative answer here on the Firebird support
> group, then everyone who is running FreeBSD/Firebird who needs help can
> see the answer in future and be helped. That is the main reason I have
> posted the question here. By the way, I have searched the www high and
> low, but could not find an answer and hence this is the only place I
> could post. Maybe I should have posted on the FreeBSD forums......
>
>

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