--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Matthias Hanft <mh@...> wrote:

>
> 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
>

It was my mistake: the -user and - password switches are only required
unless the ISC_ environment variables are defined - and in this case
they are.

There is some info about fbmgr.bin in the original Interbase 6
manuals, but there it's called 'ibmgr'.

I suggest you take a look at the various start-stop scripts available
in the latest 2.1 RC1 linux package from sourceforge.net (or in the
CVS). They might give you a hint as to what's wrong in gentoo.

Regards
Emil