Re: [firebird-support] Problems with connecting to Firebird 2.5.5 over TCP/IP on Linux (Ubuntu).

 

Also run 'netstat -an' to make sure you see port 3050 listening.  If you don't then make sure you have xinetd running.

-steve

On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 11:17 AM, Mark Rotteveel mark@lawinegevaar.nl [firebird-support] <firebird-support@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

On 25 Feb 2016 08:15:12 -0800, "brucedickinson@wp.pl [firebird-support]"
<firebird-support@yahoogroups.com> 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

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