>Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 21:07:40 -0000
>From: "george_s_du" <george_s_du@...>
>To: Helen Borrie <helebor@...>
>Subject: Re: linux installation
>
>Hellen:
>
>I have a same problem in the connection even I followed your
>instruction in your book (The Firebird Book) and the solution in the
>user group. When I tried to connect the database on Linux from
>Windows using isql tool, I got an error "Failed - Unable to complete
>network request to host "LinuxServer". Failed to establish a
>connection. A socket operation was attempted to an unreachable host."
>
>It seems that it is a network problem. However, I have no problem to
>ping the Linux server.
>
>Any idea?
>
>Thanks.
>
>George Du
>
>--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@t...>
>wrote:
> >
> > At 10:58 AM 16/11/2005 +0000, you wrote:
> > >Installed firebird on linux server.
> > >Trying to connect via a windows workstation.
> > >please advice.
> > >require to run a delphi application with database on linux
> >
> > hostname:/data/mydb.fdb
> >
> > where "hostname" is the name of the Linux server. You will need a
>hosts
> > file entry in the Windows client (c:\windows\system32
>\drivers\etc\hosts):
> >
> > 123.456.789.1 hostname
> >
> > (again, substituting the Linux machine's real host name)
> >
> > ./heLen
> >