OK, sorry... the answer was already posted. However, my inetd.conf is
also empty, and there is no backup. Does anybody have the default
contents of the file?? Thanks again.
Brian

--- In ib-support@y..., John Bellardo <bellardo@c...> wrote:
> John,
>
> On Friday, October 11, 2002, at 07:30 PM, John B. Moore wrote:
>
> > Thanks much..
> >
> > Next issue.. It appears that the inetd.conf file was not updated,
> > infact it is empty..
>
> That is not a good sign. Is there an inetd.conf.save or
> inetd.conf.applesave or some such file?
>
> > I have an xinetd.conf and an xinetd.d directory.
>
> Is xinetd running on your system? On my system it doesn't start
> because all the xinetd.d entries are disabled. I guess xinetd is new
> with 10.2.
>
> > Also could use some help on understanding the "firebird" user.. and
> > how that related to starting up firebird..
>
> That is a security precaution mainly for SS. The basic idea is to
have
> the server process run as a user without root (or administrative)
> privileges. That way if the server gets compromised the potential
> damage can't spread into the core os.
>
> -John
>
> PS - If you create a file /etc/xinetd.d/firebird with the following
> contents:
> # default: on
> # description: FirebirdSQL server
> service gds_db
> {
> flags = REUSE
> socket_type = stream
> wait = no
> user = root
> log_on_success += USERID
> log_on_failure += USERID
> server =
> /Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Resources/English.lproj/var/bin/
> gds_inet_server
> disable = no
> }
>
>
>
> and then restart xinetd (or just restart your computer) the server
> should be running.