I've been trying to create a new Firebird DB on Debian Firebird 1.5
install. Unless I use root I get...

"operating system directive open failed"

I've found and followed the advice in this post...

"http://firebird.sourceforge.net/index.php?op=doc&sub=contrib&id=connect_to_linux"

I've ensured the folder to where I'm attempting to create is
permissions 777. I've also added my non-root user to "firebird"
group. Finally, I'm using 'sysdba' acct to attempt DB creation.

But this continues to vex me.

There more to the story. I have pre-existing Firebird db's which I've
dropped onto the Debian machine, and I can work with those DB's just fine.

I'm starting to wonder if I'd be better off just copying a DB that
does work and dropping all it's tables, possibly rename it and get on
with life.

But maybe someone here knows what I'm doing wrong?

Regards,

Andy Koch