Subject Re: [firebird-support] Re: Linux DB ownership at creation
Author Alexandre Benson Smith
ancientincafury wrote:

>We have a compilation box and a running box. So lets say we compile
>on BoxA and run on BoxB. After compilation we create a folder which
>contains everything we need to run. This includes the database, say
>called MyDB. We tar this up and install on BoxB or whatever other
>box we decide to use. Well when a user tries to tar up our created
>database MyDB, we get an error because we are neither the
>user "firebird" or part of the "firebird" group which the database is
>associated with. In Firebird-1.5-QuickStart.pdf, under
>the "Important" box in the "Creating a database using isql" section,
>it states, that using the classic server under linux first tries to
>use the login of whoever is creating the database instead of the
>default "firebird". We however are using ths superserver. Is there
>a way to do this? Thanks so much for your time.
>
>
>

May I suggest you to tar a back-up file and do the restore on the target
machine ?

see you !

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Alexandre Benson Smith
Development
THOR Software e Comercial Ltda
Santo Andre - Sao Paulo - Brazil
www.thorsoftware.com.br