At 08:52 AM 18/11/2004 +0100, you wrote:

>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?

Something along those lines...Nickolay would be the one to quiz on that,
since it was he who played with it. It was a long time ago...but AFAIR, you
can't use this model for DSQL apps: it has to be static SQL or nothing.

Helen