Re: [cobalt-developers] re: *How to enable Interbase

["William L. Thomson Jr." <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Agreed that the problem was not InterBase, but more like something in the Cobalt OS/GUI that did not
like what I did.  The steps I performed were identical to what you are describing.  After restarting
inetd port 3050 was live and working, but say if you telnet of ftp in, your connection is
immediately terminated.  When I set my telnet program to reconnect when ever disconnected, it went
crazy, and I had to give my computer the three finger salute (CTRL, ALT, DELETE) to stop my telnet
program.

For this is the reason why I was asking if this problem had been fixed with the recent OS patches.
Either way at this point I will most likely pursue the installation of SS edition.

Outside of the lines in inetd.conf and the lines that lie in /etc/services, is there anything else
outside of InterBases root directory that IB's CS edition is dependent on?

Just curious so I can make sure to remove all aspects of CS before installing the SS.

I do appreciate the info, I had asked a similar question in Borland's install IB forum, but no one
has responded.

Thanks,
William L. Thomson Jr.
CEO
Obsidian-Studios Inc.
439 Amber Way
Petaluma, Ca. 94952
Phone/fax 707.766.8989
http://www.obsidian-studios.com



----- Original Message -----
From: "Stanislav Tsikin" <stsikin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "William L. Thomson Jr." <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] re: *How to enable Interbase


> "William L. Thomson Jr." wrote:
> >
> > I tried to start IneterBase a while back and after uncommenting the last lines of my inetd.conf
file
> > and restarted the service, I was blocked out of all ports except for www.  I have not tried this
> > since installing the recent patches.  Has this problem been fixed and is it safe to attempt
again?
>
> I don't think that the problem you have described relates to the
> InterBase. InterBase uses port 3050 only. You need to uncomment only
> _one_ line in /etc/inetd.conf. This line starts with "gds_db   stream
> ...". You will also need to poke inetd process. Do NOT restart inetd
> process. Just send it a HUP signal.
>
> Also before poking of inetd process, please make sure that /etc/services
> contains the following line:
>
> gds_db 3050/tcp
>
>
> > It also made the Cobalt OS/GUI not recognize any of my sites, after I restored inetd and
regained
> > access to my server again.
> >
> > More to the point, has anyone attempted or successfully installed the Super Server Edition?
>
> Please note that InterBase Super Server is not certified for Cobalt OS.
>
> > Is it recommended to remove the CS version prior to installing the SS version?
>
> Yes it is recommended to uninstall the Classic Server prior to
> installing Super Server.
>
> Regards,
> Stas.
> --
> Borland/InterBase R&D
>
> >
> > Just curious....
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > William L. Thomson Jr.
> > CEO
> > Obsidian-Studios Inc.
> > 439 Amber Way
> > Petaluma, Ca. 94952
> > Phone/fax 707.766.8989
> > http://www.obsidian-studios.com
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Stanislav Tsikin" <stsikin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 6:22 PM
> > Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] re: Date Time Settings Not Being Preserved TO TIM HOCKIN
> >
> > > > *How to enable Interbase
> > >
> > > To enable InterBase on your system, please do as follows:
> > >
> > > 1. Make sure that you have the following line in /etc/services:
> > >
> > > gds_db       3050/tcp    # InterBase Database Remote Protocol
> > >
> > > 2. Also make sure that you have the following line in /etc/inetd.conf:
> > >
> > > gds_db    stream   tcp    nowait.30000     root
> > > /usr/local/sbin/gds_inet_server gds_inet_server  # InterBase Database
> > > Remote Server
> > >
> > > NOTE: If the line is commented out, please uncomment the line and poke
> > > the inetd daemon by sending the HUP signal as follows:
> > >
> > >       kill -HUP pid_of_inetd_process
> > >
> > > where pid_of_inetd_process is an ID of the inetd process on your system.
> > >
> > > You need to find out the pid (process ID) for the inetd process. In
> > > order to do that, use the following command:
> > >
> > > ps -e | grep inetd
> > >
> > > where 'ps -e' means "show me all processes currently running on a
> > > system"
> > >       '|' means redirect output of 'ps' to utility 'grep'
> > >       'grep inetd' means print lines matching a pattern 'inetd'
> > >
> > > You should get something like that:
> > >
> > > 292 ?  00:00:00 inetd
> > >
> > > The first number (292) is a process ID which you should use as an input
> > > parameter for 'kill' command:
> > >
> > > kill -HUP 292
> > >
> > > Please note that you have to be superuser (root) to be able to send a
> > > signal to the inetd. You do _not_ have to reboot your system.
> > >
> > > 3. Add the following line to /etc/hosts.equiv (create the file if it
> > > doesn't exist):
> > >
> > > localhost
> > >
> > > Hope this helps.
> > > Stas
> > > --
> > > Borland/InterBase R&D
> > >
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