Helen,

> There is NO embedded server on Linux. libfbembed.so is the local
> client for the Classic server.
>
> And yes, you do need fbsecurity.fdb - and all the other pieces of
> the Classic server.

Does libfbembed.so require inetd or xinetd running? If I understand
correctly, libfbembed.so can access the database directly, without a running
Classic (and that was the reason that isql could corrupt the database). In
this case one simply has to have parts of Classic installation under the
$FIREBIRD directory. Right?

Roman