On 23 Jan 2002, at 8:19, R. S. Patil wrote:

> I removed all the scripts and Tried to Install Latest Linux Build
>
> FirebirdSS-1.0.0.681-0.RC2.i386.rpm using the Package Manager.
>
> It succeeded and i rebooted the Server. Surprisingly i found that
> the Fire Bird Server is not running. I Checked S##firebird and
> K##firebird scripts which were OK. Then it struck me that it Refers
> START_FIREBIRD variable so i added a Line in to /etc/rcconfig
> START_FIREBIRD="yes" and rebooted. Then i Found that Firebird
> server is running.
>
> Can anybody confirms that This is a proper way of Firebird auto
> start in init level 2 3 5

Yes, it is :) I wrote the SuSE firebird init.d script for RC1 and it was
"improved" in RC2. START_FIREBIRD should be added
automatically to your /etc/rc/config from /var/adm/fillup-
templates/rc.config.firebird but it seems that this "feature" is
broken in RC2 (missing fillup template). RC1 was too SuSE centric
so we had to rework it a bit to make it work nicely on RH, MDK
and other distros. Anyway, it should be corrected for final 1.0.

> if Yes Then why package installation don't do it ?
>
> One more difficulty is If at all i want to start and stop Firebird
> server without rebooting machine how can i do that ? is There any
> script for that for Suse Linux ?

There is /etc/init.d/firebird script with /usr/bin/rcfirebird symlink. The
rcfirebird is IMHO the best shortcut from any place to get status
and start/stop the server :)

Best regards

Pavel Cisar
http://www.ibphoenix.com
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