

The engine runs as the firebird user and not as root.

The same script is executed just before the server shuts down to stop the Firebird engine. If /opt/firebird/bin is not on your path, type the command bin/fbmgr instead.Īt boot time, the script /etc/init.d/firebird is executed to start up the Firebird engine on Suse servers, other Linux servers use the script /etc/rc.d/init.d/firebird instead. To enter interactive mode, simply log in as the firebird user and type the command fbmgr. The commands are identical whichever mode you use and the following section describes the commands and shows examples of each, running in both modes. It can only be started by an administrator.įbmgr can be run interactively or in batch mode. fbmgr can be found in the bin subdirectory. It can be used if it becomes necessary for you to manually shut down the engine and to restart it again afterwards. Refer also to the documentation relevant for your Firebird/InterBase ® version:įbmgr is the Services Manager for Linux systems. fbtracemgr - command-line interactive tool for the execution of DDL and DML commands and scripts.fbsvcmgr - introduced in Firebird 2.1 provides a command-line interface to the Services API.įirebird and InterBase ® administration tools.fbmgr - Linux only: starts and shuts down the Firebird demon.fb_inet_server.exe - the Firebird Classic database service.fbserver - the actual Firebird Superserver database service.

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They perform the same range of functions as the Server Manager and run on both UNIX and Windows platforms. Several services and command-line tools are provided with Firebird/InterBase ®.
