--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "matt_kopf" <matt_kopf@y...>
wrote:

>
> I have firebird 1.5 rc8 installed on a Linux server SUSE 9. The
> database is up and running (GREAT). My problem is when I connect to
> it and then try to create a new database I get the access denied
> message. so here is what I have done to try to fix it.
>
> I have created a new user group called 'datasrv'. I gave control to
> the directory that I am trying to create the database in to that
> group '/srv/data/' and to '/srv/'. So the group members were the
> firebird user and my user account. The group could read write and
> execute in those directories. That did not work so I added for
> testing purposes every user in the system except 'nobody' to the
> group but it still does not work.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> Matt Kopf

Two things :-
1. If you are not logging in as sysdba - then is the user you are
trying to log in - registered in isc4 ?
2. chown -R [firebirduser.firebirduser] /srv

Hope that works !