--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "skoczian" <nulla.epistola@...> wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> I've changed authentication to trusted, but at the moment I can't connect to my database from my virtual Linux machine (running on the same computer as the Firebird server).
>
> Server is Firebird 2.5, running on Windows 7 Home Premium. Clients on another Windows machine can use my database with the rights I granted to "myhostname\guest". Acceptable in a LAN with two users and three computers, I think.
>

I think I just didn't understand that the connection from Linux isn't made as "myhostname\guest" or as any other user known to the Windows host. So Firebird with trusted authentication doesn't accept it either. Right?

So I suppose I need either native or mixed authentication?

Greetings
Sibylle