Hi

> 1. Where are you located when you start gsec?

/opt/firebird/bin

> 2. Did you know that everything on Linux is case-sensitive?

Yes - typo.

> 3. Did you read the text file /opt/firebird/SYSDBA.password with

head or a

> text editor to find out what the sysdba password is?

I have now. Just before your reply I had discovered that from ver
1.5 the password was no longer "masterkey"

> 3. What is the actual command you are using to try to start gsec?

.gsec -user SYSDBA -password HqoRQThB (I presume it is safe to
publish this temporary password.) It still doesn't work.

> You need to
> cd to /opt/firebird
> --to get the password, type
> head SYSDBA.password
> --write it down, then
> cd bin
> --then, say your sysdba password is Nxr5ty7:
> .gsec -user SYSDBA -password Nxr5ty7
>
> -- note the dot in front of gsec

I do have very bad eyesight and would never have seen the dot unless
you had pointed it out.

> -- note the lower-case
>
> Alternatively, you can just run the ChangeDBAPassword.sh script

(also in

> bin) to have the script run gsec for you and accept your inputs:
> --either
> sh ChangeDBAPassword.sh
> --or
> .ChangeDBAPassword.sh
>

This fails also.

It all gets very frustrating, but many thanks for your help.

Malcolm Brown