I N S T A L L A T I O N N O T E S

$vi /opt/firebird/aliases.conf

and add the line at the end of the file:

test.fdb /var/firebird/test.fdb

4.Then create the database:

$/opt/firebird/bin/isql -u sysdba -p <password> SQL>create database 'localhost:test.fdb'; SQL>quit;

5.If the DatabaseAccess value in /opt/firebird/firebird.conf is set to Full or a restricted path value (for example: DatabaseAccess=/var/firebird) another alternative to step 2 is to create the physical database file directly, using the absolute path with the filename:

$/opt/firebird/bin/isql -u sysdba -p <password> SQL>create database '/var/firebird/test.fdb'; SQL>quit;

If you use this configuration, the database file can also be directly accessed without an entry in the aliases file:

$/opt/firebird/bin/isql -u sysdba -p <password> SQL>connect '/var/firebird/test.fdb'; SQL>quit;

Utility Scripts

In addition to the standard install files the following scripts are provided in the bin directory of this release.-

changeDBAPassword.sh

Change the Firebird SYSDBA user password. For Superserver, this script will change the init script /etc/ rc.d/init.d/firebird to use the new password as well.

createAliasDB.sh

Usage: createAliasDB.sh <dbname> <dbpath>

This script creates a new physical database and adds an entry in the aliases.conf file.

fb_config

A script that can be used in makefiles to generate the required include paths and lib include directives for the installed version of Firebird. fb_config -help will give a complete list of options.

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