./gsec -database localhost:/Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Resources/English.lproj/var/security2.fdb -user sysdba -password masterkey
use gsec -? to get help
connection rejected by remote interface
unable to open database

I get the same error whether I use 127.0.0.1 or CYNTHIAs-MacBook-Pro

Paul

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie wrote:
>
> At 03:42 p.m. 14/02/2013, paulhtremblay wrote:
> >I got firebird server to run with
> >
> >sudo /Library/StartupItems/Firebird/Firebird start
> >
> >I was also able to find the security database (everything is practically hidden)
> >
> >sudo gsec -database localhost:/Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Resources/English.lproj/var/security2.fdb -user sysdba -password masterkey
> >use gsec -? to get help
> >connection rejected by remote interface
> >unable to open database
>
> Blech! sorry, I copy-pasted your original and amended it without noticing the sudo. You don't sudo gsec.
>
> Now, assuming you are at the ..Resources/bin/ directory (where the gsec app lives), do
>
> ./gsec -database localhost:/Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Resources/English.lproj/var/security2.fdb -user sysdba -password masterkey
>
> (and this is assuming your system knows/allows the host name localhost; otherwise, use 127.0.0.1 or the host machine's actual network name or IP4 address)
>
>
> Helen Borrie, Support Consultant, IBPhoenix (Pacific)
> Author of "The Firebird Book" and "The Firebird Book Second Edition"
> http://www.ibphoenix.com/products/books/firebird_book
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