On Tuesday, October 23, 2001, at 07:23 AM, Gerhardus Geldenhuis wrote:

> I have for some reason installed classic instead of super server.
> I am going to install super which will probably resolve most of the
> issues. Any comments is still welcome. If I can get classic to work
> it still is a good exercise.
>

The classic server uses inetd. The installer should have placed an
entry like:

gds_db stream tcp nowait root
/opt/interbase/bin/gds_inet_server gds_inet_server

in /etc/inetd.conf (or wherever your inetd configuration file hides).
I'd check to make sure the entry is there and then HUP inetd.

-John

>
>>
>>
>> Hi
>> I installed FB the following way.
>> I mounted my windows disk and executed the rpm
>> (FirebirdCS-0.9-4p1.i386.rpm) which brought up the package manager and
>> installed it.(I am using Mandrake 8.0)
>>
>> I have done a search to install FB on linux at ibphoenix
>> plus I have a few articles on my pc concerning the install.
>> http://www.ibphoenix.com/netfradb/search.nfs?a=knowledgeBase&l=;KN
>> OWLEDGEBAS
>> E.PAGES;ID='490'
>>
>> This is the most relevant article I founded.
>> I assumed that Redhat 7.0 and Mandrake 8.0 should be very
>> much the same as Mandrake is in part based on Redhat.
>>
>> I created the ibase file in /etc/xinet.d/
>> and added the following
>>
>> service gds_db
>> { socket_type=stream wait=no
>> user=root
>> server=/usr/local/sbin/gds_inet_server
>> log_on_failure +=USERID }
>>
>> I restarted xinetd and then tested the connection with
>> IBConsole(1.0.0.322) from Win2k. I did not type in a host name but the
>> IP
>> address.
>>
>> I also executed gds_inet_server from /opt/interbase/bin/ but it did not
>> reflect anything on screen.
>>
>> Ping works fine(Although twice as slow as the NT4 server
>> 255 instead of 128)
>>
>> gds_db test did not work
>> Failed to connect to host '196.100.20.1',
>> on port gds_db. Error Num: 10035.
>>
>> TCP/IP Communication Test Failed!
>>
>>
>> and 3050 gave the following message:
>> Socket for connection obtained.
>>
>> Found service 'GDS_DB' at port '3050'
>> Failed to connect to host '196.100.20.1',
>> on port 3050. Error Num: 10035.
>>
>> TCP/IP Communication Test Failed!
>>
>> The logfile did get a few extra entries so I assume that the server is
>> running.
>>
>>
>> A few questions and assumptions
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> I am assuming that TCP/IP is not properly configured for FB but I
>> dont know
>> what to do because I did create the file.
>>
>> Do I have to give write permissions to users if they want to creat
>> db's or
>> do I have to give the permissions to FB itself.
>> Where is a good place to put database files?
>>
>> Is the following connection string acceptable.
>> 196.100.20.1:/opt/interbase/examples/employee.gdb
>>
>> In the file I created there is the following line
>> "server=/usr/local/sbin/gds_inet_server"
>> there is nothing at that location so I also
>> tried
>> "server=/opt/interbase/bin/gds_inet_server"
>> but that did not work either.
>>
>> I also tried to execute the script:
>> changeDBAPassword.sh but I get the following error I dont know if it is
>> related.
>> I/O error for file "isc4.db"
>> Error while trying to open file
>> No such file or directory
>> unable to open database
>>
>> Hope this is "enough info"/"thorough enough".
>> Groete
>> Gerhardus
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