On 25 Feb 2016 08:15:12 -0800, "[email protected] [firebird-support]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello guys, > > could you be so kind and help me to diagnose problem with connecting to > Firebird on Ubuntu? I do not have experience with linux (haven't touched it > for years). Today I've installed Ubuntu on VM and installed Firebird > classic using instructions from here: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Firebird2.5 > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Firebird2.5 > > Unfortunately, I am getting such error: Statement failed, SQLSTATE = > 08006 Unable to complete network request to host "localhost". This error > shows when I issue this command: > > $ isql-fb > SQL> connect "localhost:/var/lib/firebird/2.5/data/employee.fdb " user > 'SYSDBA' password 'masterkey'; > > However, when I issue the comand without "localhost:", such us: > > $ isql-fb > SQL> connect "/var/lib/firebird/2.5/data/employee.fdb " user 'SYSDBA' > password 'masterkey'; I can connect to Firebird, so that means that > something is wrong with my TCP/IP? How can I correct this?
Does it work when you use 127.0.0.1 instead? Mark
