licenses Firebird is a free, open-source database management system, but “free” does not mean that everything is per- mitted. The use of Firebird is governed by two licenses: the IPL (InterBase Public License) the configuration file firebird.conf. Guardian When run as a Windows application (as opposed to a service) you can't use the Fire- bird Guardian. Note that running Firebird as an application is the only Win- dows 9x–ME. Can be used with the Guardian on Win- dows, whether run as an application or as a service. Events Can't use Fiebird events if the server is be- hind a firewall or if connections are made

licenses Firebird is a free, open-source database management system, but “free” does not mean that everything is permitted. The use of Firebird is governed by two licenses: the IPL (InterBase Public License) you for privilege elevation when run. On Windows Server platforms Firebird will run as a system service by default, but during installation you can also choose to let it run as an application. Don’t do facility to watch and restart services, there is no reason to use the Guardian if Firebird runs as a service (which it should). The Guardian may be phased out in future versions of Firebird. 3.2.6. Installing

distributions install Firebird to the same location. OpenSuse, for example, installs just about everything to /opt/firebird/n.n but Ubuntu and derivatives install it to a number of different locations [server_spec]{filepath | db_alias} ::= host[/{port | service}]: | \\host\ | ://[host[:{port | service}]/] ::= inet | inet4 | inet6 | wnet | xnet All Firebird strings depends on the Firebird client library in use (fbclient.dll /libfbclient.so). The service refers to a service definition in the services file of your operating system (Windows: %WINDIR%\System32\

similar to [[:ALPHA:]] -- true If a class definition starts with a caret, everything that follows is excluded from the class. All other characters match: 'Framboise' similar to 'Fra[^ck-p]boise' 'Fra[^[:DIGIT:]]boise' -- true If the caret is not placed at the start of the sequence, the class contains everything before the caret, except for the elements that also occur after the caret: 'Grapefruit' similar ::= "'" [server_spec]{filepath | db_alias} "'" ::= servername[/{port|service}]: | \\servername\ ::= FILE 'filepath' [LENGTH [=] num [PAGE[S]] [STARTING [AT

the maintainer finds the time. For now, you'll have to consult the section Configuring the port service on client and server from the Release Notes (in the doc subdirectory of your Firebird 1.5 installation) only: If InterBase and/or Firebird is installed as a service, disable the automatic service startup both for the service itself and for the Guardian service. To do this, you can use the Windows Services Manager DBServerToggler will first halt the other one if it's running. You can choose between application mode and service mode for each server independently. Add DBServerToggler to your Startup folder and you'll have it

See above. -SE[RVICE] This switch causes gbak to backup a remote database via the service manager. This causes the backup file to be created on the remote server, so the path format and Chapter 2. Command-line Options 8 the remote server. The servicename is currently always the text service_mgr.  You can use this option to connect to a locally hosted database as well. If you do, taking on a remote database to restore a remote database. The servicename is currently always the text service_mgr.  You can use this option to connect to a locally hosted database as well. If you do, restoring

...................................................................... 29 Running Firebird as a service with a special user name .......................................................... 30 Installing security database, the Services API is now the only route. You can employ the - se[rvice] hostname:service_mgr switch when invoking the gbak utility for this purpose. Non-SYSDBA users no longer can see exe to enable an interactive mode for LocalSystem services. For v.1.5, it was required (as Allow service to interact with desktop) to run the local IPC protocol, as it used a windows message to connect

usable applet later on in this guide. On server platforms – Windows NT, 2000 and XP – the Firebird service will be running when the in- stallation completes. Next time you boot up your server machine, it make some manual adjustments. Firebird 1.0 Quick Start Guide 7 Testing your installation If everything works as designed, the Firebird server process will be running on your server upon com- pletion that the Firebird server is running After installation, Firebird server should be running as a service on Windows NT, 2000 or XP or on Linux. Windows NT4, 2000 and XP Open Control Panel -> Services

similar to [[:ALPHA:]] -- true If a class definition starts with a caret, everything that follows is excluded from the class. All other characters match: 'Framboise' similar to 'Fra[^ck-p]boise' 'Fra[^[:DIGIT:]]boise' -- true If the caret is not placed at the start of the sequence, the class contains everything before the caret, except for the elements that also occur after the caret: 'Grapefruit' similar [server_spec]{filepath | db_alias} "'" ::= host[/{port | service}]: | \\host\ | ://[host[:{port | service}]/] ::= inet | inet4 | inet6 | wnet | xnet Chapter 5. Data

'Fra[^[:DIGIT:]]boise' -- true If the caret is not placed at the start of the sequence, the class contains everything before the caret, except for the elements that also occur after the caret: 'Grapefruit' similar ::= host[/{port | service}]: Chapter 5. Anweisungen der Datendefinitionssprache (DDL) 92 | \\host\ | ://[host[:{port | service}]/] ::= inet | inet4 | inet6 Portnummer, auf der der Remote-Server lauscht (Parameter RemoteServicePort in der Datei firebird.conf) service Dienstname. Muss mit dem Parameterwert von RemoteServiceName in der Datei firebird.conf übereinstimmen