cniggeler wrote:

> The manual states, "Under Linux, you always need a properly installed server, be it Classic or Super"

I don't know which manual you're referring to, but that's just plain
wrong. All you need is libfbembed.so and couple of other helper files.

> c) root access is required, at least according to the manual

That is not true even for Classic, let alone embedded. The lock manager
would try to run as root, but if it fails it would run under user
account without any problems.

See this guide:

http://www.firebirdfaq.org/Firebird-Embedded-Linux-HOWTO.html

It's written for Firebird 1.5, but it all still aplies (you just need to
add ICU library files from classic server tarball).

--
Milan Babuskov

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