1)they are unrelated.
2)first you should add a 'firebird group and a firebird user' i use the id
firebird for example.
3)you also need the file /etc/hosts.equiv
the file should contain two lines:

localhost.localdomain #just as it is written
your hostname #change to your hostname

On Wednesday 21 July 2004 20:52, sgmota wrote:
> > have you make the directory /database readable by the overall
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> firebird user?
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> Yes it is.
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> In time ... does the firebird login user somehow related to an OS
> user? (I know I can mix the two, but unless I say that - they are
> unrelated, aren't they?)
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> Thanks
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sam.