Try this:

Login as Root to your Linux box

cd /opt/firebird/bin
./fbmgr -start

What do you see?

Myles

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Myles Wakeham
Director of Engineering
Tech Solutions Inc.
Scottsdale, Arizona USA
Phone (480) 451-7440
Web: www.techsol.org

> -----Original Message-----
> From: iguana_xyz [mailto:iguana_xyz@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 9:30 AM
> To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [firebird-support] Re: Firebird 1.5 install on red hat 9
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> Thank you very much
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> Here is the content of that file:
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> # Do not remove the following line, or various programs
> # that require network functionality will fail.
> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
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> I think it´s ok
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> > Open the file /etc/hosts in a text editor and check that there is
> an entry
> > there. You might find you need to use localhost.localdomain, e.g.
> >
> > 127.0.0.1 localhost
> >
> > If the entry isn't there add it; if it is there, close hosts and
> open
> > hosts.allow in the same dir. Make an entry for it there as well.
> >
> > ./hb
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