Subject RE: [firebird-support] SuperServer on Gentoo doesn't start any more
Author Brenden Walker
> -----Original Message-----
> From: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:firebird-support@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of skoczian
> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 2:57 PM
> To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [firebird-support] SuperServer on Gentoo doesn't
> start any more
>
> Hello,
>
> after some months of not using firebird at all I tried to
> start the SuperServer and got this in the log file:
>
<snip>

>
> (as root, of course), because I don't need the server to run
> all the time. What user name and password does the server
> miss? I suspect that it's my fault: some months ago I had
> problems I don't remember any more and I gave a password to
> the firebird user. Can that be the reason, and if yes, how
> can I fix it? Delete the firebird user and create it
> manually? Or reinstall firebird?

It may be as simple as ownership on the security2.fdb file, make sure
that file (at least) is set to firebird:firebird.

If you don't have any custom users in security2.fdb, I'd recommend just
re-emerging it, making sure to overwrite the security2.fdb file. I've
been running FB on Gentoo since fb1.5 or so and I've never seen an error
like this.