Re: [Firebird-test] Unable to complete connection to "localhost"

[Pavel C. <pc...@ib...>]

Hi,

On 13 Sep 2004 at 21:48, kelv wrote:

>     Hi,
>        I have installed FirebirdSS-1.5.1.4481-0.i686 on a red hat 8. When I
> gbak -r a gbk file(backup from v1 firebird running on red hat 7.2).
> Following error occur:
> Unable to complete network connection to "localhost"...
> error in reading data..
> broken pipe.
> 
> I have checked that firebird server is started and "gds_db tcp/3050" was
> included in the /etc/services.
> 
> Would u please advice how to I fix this problem. Thank a lot!

First, this is not a support forum, use fir...@ya... 
instead in future.

To your question: You apparently doesn't have /etc/host.equiv file with 
localhost.localdomain entry (sometimes, an + entry is also needed). It's 
needed for SS local connections to work properly.

Best regards
Pavel Cisar (ICQ: 89017288)
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