Command-line Utilities

Table of Contents

General Enhancements
Firebird Services
Backup Tools
ISQL Query Utility
gsec Authentication Manager
gfix Server Utility
Builds and Installs

General Enhancements

Utilities Support for Database Triggers
Password Hiding

Utilities Support for Database Triggers

(V. 2.1) A new parameter was added to gbak, nbackup and isql to suppress Database Triggers from running. It is available only to the database owner and SYSDBA:

  gbak -nodbtriggers
  isql -nodbtriggers
  nbackup -T

Password Hiding

Alex Peshkov

Command-line utilities that take a -password parameter are vulnerable to password sniffing, especially when the utility is run from a script. As a step towards hardening against this on POSIX platforms, the [PASSWORD] argument now displays the process list as an asterisk ( * ), where previously it showed in clear.