--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "skoczian"
<nulla.epistola@...> wrote:

>
> --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Brenden Walker"
> <bkwalker@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > It may be as simple as ownership on the security2.fdb file, make
> sure
> > that file (at least) is set to firebird:firebird.
> >
> No, that was still correct.
>
> > 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.
> >
> Yes, re-emerging helped. I removed the security2.fdb file and the
> firebird user (because of its password) and updated from
> 2.0.3.12981.0-r2 to -r4. Now it works again, even if the server
> still says it couldn't start.
>

And today, after shutdown and reboot, but no other changes: I try to
start the server and get the very same error messages
in /var/log/firebird/firebird.log:

Elend (Client) Thu Jan 17 19:59:04 2008
/usr/lib/firebird/../../../usr/bin/fbguard: guardian
starting ../../../usr/bin/fbserver

Elend (Server) Thu Jan 17 19:59:04 2008
Database: /usr/lib/firebird/../../../etc/firebird/security2.fdb
Your user name and password are not defined. Ask your
database administrator to set up a Firebird login.

Elend (Client) Thu Jan 17 19:59:04 2008
/usr/lib/firebird/../../../usr/bin/fbguard: ../../../usr/bin/fbserver
terminated due to startup error (2)

Elend (Client) Thu Jan 17 19:59:04 2008
/usr/lib/firebird/../../../usr/bin/fbguard: ../../../usr/bin/fbserver
terminated due to startup error (2)

What's the matter here? Everything in /etc/firebird belongs to user
firebird, and I didn't do anything to this user after the reinstall.
It's not a really good idea to reinstall firebird every time I want
to use it!

What can I do?
Herta