Hi Julius,

I had some issues setting up Firebird for the first time on Mac OS X which is based on Darwin, a unix-like OS, so these might help:
* Set the respective PATH to the Firebird resources directory (Mac = /Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Resources/bin - you have to research what this is on Ubuntu)
* Try accessing gsec with: sudo gsec -user xxx -pass yyy (Obviously you have to change xxx and yyy to your Firebird user credentials)
* What really helped me was adding my own user to the group of the firebird user.

Regards,
Michael

> Am 27.02.2015 um 21:47 schrieb JuuS JuuS@... [firebird-support] <firebird-support@yahoogroups.com>:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've spent about 10 hours now trying to get firebird to work < don't
> hate me!>. I'm kubuntu 14.04 64 bit.
>
> I followed directions from two sources, one using the sh script, the
> other using the ppa.
>
> sh method simply didn't work, firebird server wouldn't run.
>
> ppa method worked...sort of.
>
> following the instrunctions here:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Firebird2.5
>
> I was able to get the firebird server to run (yea!0). I continued to
> follow the instructions and opened isql-fb.
>
> I was able to use the connect command to view the example db.
>
> But...when I tried to create a test database it wouldn't work.
>
> In fact the ONLY THING I can do is use isql-fb to connect to the example
> database.
>
> NOTHING else works. gsec won't open the db to add new users. flamerobin
> also won't work (though it did allow me to add a user!).
>
> gsec gives this:
> cannot attach to password database
> unable to open database
>
> I think, "hmm, maybe I need to be the firebird user?" I try to su to
> firebird, it asks for a password. None of the passwords I've used (yes,
> I found my password in the etc branch, that's how I was able to at least
> connect) works.
>
> What is the firebird user password? Or is that not even the problem?
>
> I'm a lazarus user and in their listserv many people praise firebird for
> its easy install and use...after 10 hours I'm am perplexed and find the
> opposite.
>
> I'm testing db's and yesterday installed postresSQL...it was a breeze.
> What am I running into here?
>
> any help...any...appreciated.
>
> Julius
>
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