--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@...>

>
> You ought to check the /etc/services file also. We know that the
> system knows *about* gds_db but there might be some localised reason
> why it can't make the association between the symbol and the port.
>
> If there is no entry in there looking like the following, then add it:
>
> gds_db 3050/tcp #InterBase or Firebird server default port
>
> You would need to stop and restart xinetd for it to be seen by xinetd.
>

The entry is in the file.

> > > do you have the proper permissions for the firebird user to

access the

> > > fdb file? Sometimes I like to su to the firebird user to make sure
> >that
> > > all of the directories leading up to the firebird databases have
> >execute
> > > access set up properly. Also what does your /etc/hosts file

look like?

> > >
> > > -steve
>

if I su to the firebird user, what does that get me? Different errors?

I guess my main problem here is knowing what I should be seeing vs.
how the system is configured. For instance, looking through some
permission postings in google, it seems that there should be a
firebird group. No such group was created during my install. Should
there be a firebird group?

Right now the group owner is root. Should I then change all of this
to firebird group. Should everything have rwx rights?

I know lots of questions, but hopefully, once this is working, I will
write it up for the next poor soul.

Again, thanks for your continue help.

> Heck, you're even requoting these essential questions!! Why don't
> you go back to the beginning of the entire thread, revisiting all of
> the questions and suggestions? Get answers to all of them and I bet
> you'll find the answer to the problem.
>
> ./heLen
>