vengfulsquirrel wrote:

> /opt/firebird/isql connect 'localhost:/opt/firebird/anecesis.fdb'
> works and I can list the tables so I think it is something to do with
> the way I incorporated php into apache or something.

So I guess you use 'localhost:/opt/firebird/anecesis.fdb' in PHP script
too? If you have a network card, try using its address instead of
localhost...

> Do you know what files need to be changed, I am using Suse 9.0 so the
> rpm does not work at all and the install script says it works but then
> I get all the permission denied errors.

Can you copy/paste those errors here?
Are you root while installing?

> I can't remember if I
> compiled php4 with shared or not what difference will that make?

You should run phpinfo(), and it will show.
Dumb question: Did you do a "make install" after compiling?

I'm not using SuSE, so I really don't know if there are some issues with it.

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