Logging on and changing your password

To complete any security work, you must log on to the security file for the relevant database or group of databases, with a user account with the Security Administrator role.

About this task

There are various ways of logging on in iBase Designer:From the menu, select

Procedure

Log on to iBase Designer
- If you have a newly created a security file, you are already logged on.
- Select File > Open Database and then browse for the database you want to open. If you are not using single sign-on, you are prompted to enter your iBase user name and password.
  You do not need to open a database, but opening a database can be the most convenient way to identify the security file for that database. You can close the database immediately after you log on.
Change the administrative password:
1. Select Security > Security Manager
2. Select the user, for example SYSADMIN, and click Edit.
  
  Note: Do not use the user SYSADMIN for an operational database. Create another user with system administration rights, with a different name and password and then delete the SYSADMIN user.
3. Change the password as required. If you have just created a new security file, then the default password for a new SYSADMIN user is the same as the user name.
  
  Note: You can change your own permissions by adding additional group membership or permissions. The User Permissions dialog shows you the changes to database management permissions but, like any other user, you do not see the effect of these changes until you log off and log on again.