max_nivek schrieb:

> So, how do I simply stop the database engine only, such that it is no
> longer accepting connections? Thank you.

Assuming your installation went all well, you only have to open a
console and as root enter the following command without the quotes:

"/etc/init.d/firebird stop"

This will stop the firebird server. If you replace stop with start, you
will start the firebird server.

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