I created links to the lock files, pointing to /var/firebird.

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From: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:firebird-support@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of paul_lowman
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 9:58 PM
To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [firebird-support] Firebird in readonly root environment

I am attempting to get Firebird 2.0.3.12981-1 running on a linux from
scratch setup with a readonly root filesystem.
I have set s symbolic link for security2.fdb to a writeable mount
(/var/firebird) and also set the environment variable FIREBIRD_LOCK to
/var/firebird.
This enables firebird to run fine as long as I only try to connect to
local databases - if I try to connect to a remote database (even using
localhost) then firebird complains that it cannot attach to the security
database - it seems that firebird always creates the isc_lock/init
files in the firebird root folder if the attempted connection is to a
remote database and ignores the FIREBIRD_LOCK variable.

Is this the correct behaviour ?

If so then is there a recommended way to set up firebird to run in a
readonly root environment ?

Any advice welcome ...

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