--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "trskopo" <trskopo@...> wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> I am planning to use CentOS 6 for Firebird 2.5 server(Super Server mode), but I am really a newbie in Linux.
>
> In CentOS, I can only install firebird, setting sysdba password, setting TCP/IP manually, setting file permissions and setting Firewall, that's all. I have tried these steps, and can connect successfully to Firebird server via windows client.
>
> Are there anything I should aware before continue? I read about forced write, in windows, the default is on, how about in Linux? And if is not on by default, how to set it on?

Forced writes are on by default
"Firebird is installed with forced writes (synchronous writes) enabled by default. Mutations are written to disk immediately upon posting.

"
http://www.firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/reference_manuals/user_manuals/html/qsg25-safety.html#qsg25-safety-howtocorrupt

you can disabled them with
ForcedWrites=Off
but is not recommended