At 04:20 PM 22/05/2004 +0200, you wrote:

>Helen Borrie schrieb:
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> > Shut down all databases first; then use fbmgr -shut to perform a
> > controlled server shutdown.
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>For a system wide shutdown it's not an good solution to require the
>SYSDBA password inside the shutdown-script. On Windows the "stop
>service" is all the job - no password is required there.

On Linux, fbmgr controls the service and root can run fbmgr - so no need
for usernames and passwords in a shutdown script that calls fbmgr -shut.

/heLen

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