Emil Totev wrote:

>
> Actually it seems to me this script would be unable to _stop_ firebird
> 2.0 - fbmgr.bin -shut _requires_ the -user and -password switches to
> stop the server.

Do you have more information about that? I couldn't find any documentation
about fbmgr.bin and all that other "start and stop stuff" on Linux.

Since the latest FB Gentoo package update (where all the files were moved
from /opt to /usr), the startup script "/etc/init.d/firebird start"
always takes a while, then displays "the firebird service could not
be started" - but that's a lie: everything runs fine! (At least for
the next few weeks; then, somewhen, the FB server won't respond to
requests any more, and "/etc/init.d/firebird stop" won't work any
more, either! I have to "killall fbserver" and "/etc/init.d/firebird zap"
and start FB again).

I just think that the Gentoo implementation still includes some bugs
concerning the start/stop/managing-the-running-processes thing. I hope
there'll be an update somewhen...

-Matt