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 [email protected] [firebird-support] > <[email protected]>: > > 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 > > >
