At 07:12 AM 23/08/2002, you wrote:

>Good morning everyone,

Good morning Darin,

> Anyway, here's my issue(s). I have RedHat 7.3 installed on a Compaq
>server. I have Interbase 6 installed with ncurses3 and ncurses 4 installed.
>have a script called ibserver located in /etc/init.d and have symlinked to
>the /rc.d/rc3.d directory, then rebooted the computer.

There is no need to reboot a Linux server, just use the command
/etc/rc.d/init.d/ibserver {start|stop|status|restart|reload}

> The server starts up just fine. I can register the server with
> IBConsole
>and/or IB Expert. However, when I try to open a database, the program(s)
>tell me they can not find the file/folder. The folder and file are both
>shared through Samba, with all the permissions available.

?

Where is the physical location of your database? It must be on the server,
not on any shared directories.

You need to connect to the gds, not open it like a file, the gds takes care
any file handling.
connect using
ibserver:/myAbsoluteLinuxPath/MyData.gds

While you are at it, remove the Samba share, it's not necessary.

Here is some useful reading for you too:
http://steven.haryan.to/writings/securing-firebird-hosting/