--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Philippe Makowski
<makowski@...> wrote:

>
> >
> it is a common problem under Linux
> can you check that you have a gds_hosts.equiv file like this

where "fbs" is unqualified

> name of your host , it might help but I also have some box where

this problem is present,

> because of name resolver not working fine? (the most often problem

is timeout in DNS) :

>
> localhost
> localhost.localdomain
> fbs
>

I don't have a gds_hosts.equiv file, only /etc/hosts.equiv (which
contains these entries). Where would gds_hosts.equiv belong,
into /etc?

Thank you,
Herta