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Chapter 10: Security

Table of Contents

User Authentication
Specially Privileged Users
POSIX Hosts
Windows Hosts
The Database Owner
RDB$ADMIN Role
Granting the RDB$ADMIN Role in the Security Database
Granting the RDB$ADMIN Role in a Regular Database
AUTO ADMIN MAPPING
Administrators
SQL Statements for User Management
CREATE USER
ALTER USER
DROP USER
SQL Privileges
The Object Owner
Statements for Granting Privileges
GRANT
Statements for Revoking Privileges
REVOKE

Databases must be secure and so must the data stored in them. Firebird provides two levels of data security protection: user authentication at the server level and SQL privileges within databases. This chapter tells you how to manage security at both levels.

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