At 10:22 AM 7/07/2007, you wrote:

>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.

Provide the exact DDL that you are using for the CREATE DATABASE
request. Also, say what you are using as a client for this task.

./heLen