I still would check out the /etc/hosts file and make sure it is correct,
I have just seen it set up wrong too many times to count it out without
checking it first. The error message seems to indicate that the server
cannot connect to itself. Also, another thing to be aware of is the
linux is case sensitive and your connection string must match exactly
the name of the gdb file.

-steve

On Wed, 2005-06-15 at 12:34 +0000, marcoaureliocastro wrote:

> Thanks for the answer,
>
> But Firebird is working. I belive so that my wrong configuration is
> in the database connection: it is:
>
> Server=localhost;database=/home/DataBase.gdb;User=sysdba;Password=masterkey;Dialect=3
>
> Can be my mistake here? It works in Windows platform.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marco Castro
>
> --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Milan Babuskov <milanb@k...>
> wrote:
> > marcoaureliocastro wrote:
> > > I have an aplication written in Delphi 2005 and Firebird
> Provider
> > > 1.7. I works ok in Windows but in Linux (acessing the same
> database)
> > > it does not work. The database as the directory is associated to
> then
> > > user firebird with chmod 777
> >
> > Not a very good idea. Better use 700.
> >
> > >. The messages are:
> > >
> > > FirebirdSql.Data.Firebird.FbException: Unable to complete network
> > > request to host "localhost".
> >
> > It looks like Firebird server isn't running. Can you connect via
> isql or some
> > other tool like FlameRobin or IBAccess?
> >
> > isql localhost:/database_directory/database.fdb -user sysdba -pass
> 123
> >
> > P.S. Apache hasn't got anything to do with this problem.
> >
> > --
> > Milan Babuskov
> > http://fbexport.sourceforge.net
> > http://www.flamerobin.org
>
>
>
>
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> on the main (top) menu. Try Knowledgebase and FAQ links !
>
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>
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>
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