Re: [firebird-support] Abridged summary of firebird-support@googlegroups.com - 2 updates in 1 topic

[sugi arto]

Firebird 5.02

Gbak when doing backup can ran even if password incorrect, is this normal? 

On Fri, Jun 13, 2025, 00:00 <firebird...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

firebird...@googlegroups.com

Google Groups

Today's topic summary
View all topics

• Creating a new database - 2 Updates

Creating a new database

SP Ooi <sp.oo...@gmail.com>: Jun 12 09:12AM -0700 We used gdl files followed by gdef before in Firebird 1.5 years ago to create new databases.   Can someone share what the equivalence is in Firebird 5.x please?   SP Sent from mobile device ...more

Dimitry Sibiryakov <s...@ibphoenix.com>: Jun 12 06:16PM +0200 SP Ooi wrote 12.06.2025 18:12: > We used gdl files followed by gdef before in Firebird 1.5 years ago to create > new databases.   I'm not aware of any utility with such name in Firebird ...more

Back to top

You have received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this group. You can change your settings on the group membership page. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it send an email to firebird-suppo...@googlegroups.com.

[Virgo Pärna]

On 13.06.2025 07:08, sugi arto wrote:
> Firebird 5.02
>
> Gbak when doing backup can ran even if password incorrect, is this normal?
>

Only when database is not in use and connection is not specified via
server. It essentially uses embedded Firebird connection. Requires r/w
access to database file.

--
Virgo Pärna
Gaiasoft OÜ
vi...@gaiasoft.ee

[Mark Rotteveel]

On 13/06/2025 06:08, sugi arto wrote:
> Firebird 5.02
>
> Gbak when doing backup can ran even if password incorrect, is this normal?

If you use the commandline that only you uses a database name, and no
protocol and/or host, then yes. Since Firebird 3.0, that uses the
embedded engine, and the embedded engine does not verify passwords at
all: your file system access rights to access the database are
considered sufficient authorization.

Mark

PS As moderator, I request that in the future, you update the title from
your post to actually summarize the subject, instead of using the title
of the summary mail you received from Google Groups.

--
Mark Rotteveel