--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Alan McDonald" <alan@m...>
wrote:

> > I was just trying out the installation of the SuperServer on a
> > RedHat installation. Everything went fine. In the init.d/firebird
> > file, I've read the message concerning username and password. It
> > also tells that it shouldn't be neccessary to place these in this
> > file.
> >
> > What do I've to do to remove them from init.d/firebird and keep
> > everyhting running?
> >
> > PS. Is there a place to whom I can send some corrections for
> > the 'Release notes' documentation concerning the installation

part?

> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tom.
>
> Which redhat.. 9?

Sorry, yes version 9

> did you use the rpm install? or the tarball/INSTALL script to

install?

the rpm

> You might be advised to use the NPTL builds of you are on RH9.

NPTL?

> Now the firebird boot script is only accessible by ROOT. The file

refers to "eventually" because I think this is an intended further
enhancement of the security. For the moment, access to this file is
not easy to achieve unless you make it so by handing out your root
password.

Ah, ok, so I don't have to be afraid with having this information in
the init.d

Thanks!
Tom.