On 14.08.2017 at 17:41, Dimitry Sibiryakov sd@...
[firebird-support] wrote:

> 14.08.2017 17:21, Nick Upson nu@... [firebird-support] wrote:
>> if I do nbackup ..... it fails, telling me I cannot access the security2.fdb (as a normal
>> user)
>
> Why can't you use su to change current user to root or firebird?

That's a bit off the point, isn't it? I manage a couple of databases
located on servers I don't have root accounts on, and it's possible,
although more complicated. So, su-ing is not always an option.

reagrds
Tomasz