Database User Management

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InterBase provides several methods for configuring and enforcing security by controlling how a database is accessed and used. Server security enables you to:

• Add a user to the security database
• Delete a user from the security database
• Modify user information in the security database
• Display a list of users in the security database
• Enable embedded user authentication
• Create database alias
• Delete a database alias
• Display a list of all database alias

This chapter gives an overview of these options. The user administration tools are covered here, but SQL statements for configuring privileges are in other InterBase books; these passages are referenced where appropriate.

Topics

• Security Model
• The InterBase Security Database
• Implementing Stronger Password Protection
• Enabling Embedded User Authentication
• System Table Security
• SQL Privileges
• Groups of Users
• Other Security Measures
• User Administration with IBConsole
• User Administration With the InterBase API
• Using gsec to Manage Security
• Using gsec to Manage Database Alias
• gsec Error Messages

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• Security Model