I wrote: >> The Firebird 3 installer script didn't put it there but possibly >> FlameRobin or Jaybird did. Some client interfaces need to read >> firebird.conf. It won't conflict with the server's firebird.conf, per >> se, but it would pay to keep the one used by the client app consistent >> with the one used by the server.
Thursday, October 19, 2017, 9:13:39 PM, Mark wrote: > Jaybird doesn't install anything, and AFAIK, neither does Flamerobin do > anything with with firebird.conf. It is more likely the layout of the > specific firebird install on his Linux system. More likely some other client app, then, as he seems to have installed Firebird from the project package - since it is installed in /opt/firebird. FWIW, I'm on a Ubuntu-based Linux and their platform-specific Firebird packages are a nightmare and usually horribly old. I always install from our own tar.gz because it just works, it's the latest sub-release and I don't get files being spread all over the system. Helen
