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Cannot start firebird server under any username other than "root", "firebird" , "interbas"or "interbase" [CORE3250] #3618

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firebird-automations opened this issue Nov 19, 2010 · 6 comments

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Submitted by: Tony Whyman (twhyman)

There seems to be a pointless restriction in "remote/inet_server.cpp" that stops a Firebird server being run except from "root", "firebird" , "interbas"or "interbase" users. On a production server, the server can only gain access to the security database or application databases if it is run under a user name that is already granted access to them and hence this restriction has little effect other than to frustrate anyone setting up test servers under other accounts.

If the server is started under "fakeroot" then this restriction has no effect anyway thus indicating that if security was the intent, then it is ineffective.
While fakeroot is a valid workaround, this is still no excuse for not deleting the offending code at the first opportunity.

Commits: 32ffebb

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Modified by: @dyemanov

assignee: Alexander Peshkov [ alexpeshkoff ]

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Commented by: @AlexPeshkoff

Some of that crazy checks were already removed earlier. Now fix guardian and do minor cleanup.

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Modified by: @AlexPeshkoff

status: Open [ 1 ] => Resolved [ 5 ]

resolution: Fixed [ 1 ]

Fix Version: 3.0 Alpha 1 [ 10331 ]

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Modified by: @pcisar

status: Resolved [ 5 ] => Closed [ 6 ]

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Modified by: @pavel-zotov

QA Status: No test

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Modified by: @pavel-zotov

status: Closed [ 6 ] => Closed [ 6 ]

QA Status: No test => Cannot be tested

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