Thank you all for trying to help me with this. I think for now I shall work
with the LibreOffice embedded version of Firebird, which will be more in line
with my current level of knowledge.
On Friday, August 24, 2018 1:19 AM, "'Paul Beach'
[email protected] [firebird-support]"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> <<I'm trying to create a new database, but after typing the "create database"
> command followed by the path and filename, hitting Enter and then typing in
> my username and password (the only user is sysdba and I did change the
> password) I get the following error message:
> Statement failed, SQLSTATE = 08006
> Can not access lock files directory /tmp/firebird/>>
>
> [...]
It all depends on the path you provide in CREATE DATABASE. If it is just
a local filesystem path, e.g. CREATE DATABASE "/somefolder/dbname.fdb",
then the FB instance handling your request is running with your current
user account (somewhat like embedded FB).
So, try what the rest of the error message suggests and do:
CREATE DATABASE "localhost:/somefolder/dbname.fdb" USER "SYSDBA"
PASSWORD "yourpassword";
This way you access the FB server via the network stack and the request
gets handled by the FB inet server, running with "firebird" account
priviledges.
What I said, but better. Make sure somefolder has the privileges to allow
another user (firebird) to write to it and access it.
Regards
Paul
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