I uninstalled the firebird super server and installed the classic
server instead on linux.

I changed my application to link libfbembed.so and it now works using
the database name - 'localhost:/opt/firebird/examples/employee.fdb'

Thanks for all the help.

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "samuel umoette"
<samuel.umoette@f...> wrote:

> try isql connect localhost:employee.fdb;
>
> if it gives an error the i think you should use gsec to get the

permissions

> and users right.
>
> don't forget to use the right user'default=sysdba' and

password 'default=masterkey'or

> the password you gave for sysdba during installation.
>
> and of course don't forget to have the directory containing the

employee.fdb

> readable by the database overall user(example: firebird)
>
> last or first checkout the database is started.
>
> hope to have been of some help to you.
>
> sam.
>
> >-- Original Message --
> >To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> >From: "blahclayton" <ninaforum@n...>
> >Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:40:32 -0000
> >Subject: [firebird-support] isc_attach_database and Linux
> >Reply-To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> >
> >
> >
> >I am trying to connect to the example database using
> >isc_attach_database on linux using Firebird 1.5 (libfbclient.so)
> >using the database name,
> >'/opt/firebird/examples/employee.fdb' or
> >'localhost:/opt/firebird/examples/employee.fdb'
> >
> >and get the following error:
> >
> >unable to complete network request to "C"
> >- failed to locate host machine
> >- the specified name in host file or domain name services was not
> >found
> >
> >I am obviously using the wrong connection string. I cannot found
> >documentation regarding the correct connection string for Linux.
> >
> >Any help would be much appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> >
>
> >
> >
> >Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> sam.