At 11:01 AM 6/01/2005 +0000, you wrote:

>In article <5.2.0.9.2.20050106194439.0ac52b08@...>, Helen Borrie
>wrote:
> > At 08:06 AM 6/01/2005 +0000, you wrote:
> >
> > > I'm attempting to install fb1.5.2 on RH9, the
> > > file /opt/firebird/misc/firebird.init.d.generic includes
> > >
> > > echo '$FIREBIRD/bin/fbmgr -start -forever' | su $FBRunUser
> > >
> > > which won't work,
> >
> > I think this relates to a typo reported in the preceding script that would
> > have prevented the variable $FBRunUser from being assigned.
>
>I've now fixed the SSchangeRunUser.sh but I don't see how it's the preceding
>script, it's not called from firebird.init.d.generic

Sorry, I didn't make it clear. The installation script chains those bash
scripts. If the previous script had run correctly, it would have passed
"firebird" as $FBRunUser and the line init.d.generic would have been
written as

echo '$FIREBIRD/bin/fbmgr -start -forever' | su firebird

./hb