Brad,

B> 2. The firebird.conf just needs to have one line with RootDirectory=?
B> where ? is the directory you put the files.

B> 4. In your code you need to set the FIREBIRD environment variable to
B> point to the directory where you setup the local Firebird environment.

I'm far from being a Firebird expert when it comes to CS on Linux, but
I suspect that you only need one of those, preferably the latter.

Ciao
--
Nando Dessena
http://www.flamerobin.org
======================================================
I support Firebird, I am a Firebird Foundation member!
Join today at http://www.firebirdsql.org/ff/foundation
======================================================