At 08:09 AM 29/05/2003 -0400, you wrote:

>Argh, you and I got bit by the same bug. I beat my head on it for about
>2 hours yesterday and finally found the problem. In my case it was
>trying to read /usr/local/firebird/firebird.conf and didn't have read
>permission.
>
>I filed a bug report asking for error messages to stderr from isql.
>Apparently they DO get logged to syslog. Documentation anyone?

Yes, get hold of the OpGuide.pdf manual (available from the Downloads >
InterBase section of the IBPhoenix website). In the ISQL section you will
find instructions for piping the messages to a file.

heLen