Fb should not be running as root, the recommendation in the docs is to
create a user called firebird and that user runs fb. That user can then be
granted access to directories etc as required

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:firebird-support@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Sándor
> Tamás (HostWare Kft.)
> Sent: 20 June 2006 08:08
> To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [firebird-support] Linux samba rights
>
>
> No, we are using Delphi Interbase components, which are
> connects directly to
> the FB service through TCP.
> So because FB runs as root, it creates backups as root.