Subject Re: [Firebird-Java] Fwd: problems installing jaybird on linux...
Author Roman Rokytskyy
> I have a problem with jaybird on linux... I need it to connect to a FB
> database... I am using SQuirreL SQL to test it ... I have put the
> jaybird-full-2.1.1.jar file in the /lib folder of the application.. This
> works on windows but on linux it gives me this error:
>
> org.firebirdsql.jdbc.FBSQLException: GDS Exception. 335544344. I/O error for
> file %.0s"CreateFile (open)"
> null
> Error while trying to open file
> null
> Reason: I/O error for file %.0s"CreateFile (open)"
> null
> Error while trying to open file
> null

For some reason your Firebird server on Linux cannot open the database
file. This usually means that the user under which Firebird server is
started is not allowed to write to the database file (not only read
permission, but also write).

Roman