--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "sct9221" <steve@s...> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I installed SP2 and my connections to a Firebird 1.5 database on a
> Linux server now take about 30 seconds compared to 2 seconds or less
> on other boxes.

At the Linux box, you can try to disable log_on_success in the file:
"/etc/xinetd.d/firebird"
or change its value from USERID to HOST

Rgds,
Michael