[Firebird-devel] Gentoo Linux RC Script for FB 1.5 SS

[Tony C. <ac...@am...>]

Gentoo Linux is rapidly becoming one of the most popular distro's according
to distrowatch.com.  I have FB 1.5 CS installs on Gentoo that have been
running since Feb of 2003 without a reboot.
more info on gento RC scripts can be seen here:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/rc-scripts.xml

Anyway I created a simple start/stop rc script that works with Gentoo and
was hoping it could be included in the FB 1.5 Linux SS distro in the misc
directory:

#!/sbin/runscript
#Gentoo Linux RC script
# description: Start/Stop firebird database server
#
# This file belongs in /etc/init.d where it will be run
# on system startup and shutdown to start the background
# Firebird/interbase database server daemon

# Source function library.
. /etc/init.d/functions.sh

: ${FIREBIRD:=/usr/local/firebird}
: ${ISC_USER:=SYSDBA}
: ${ISC_PASSWORD:=coutweha}
: ${FBRunUser:=firebird}
# WARNING: in a real-world installation, you should not put the 
# SYSDBA password in a publicly-readable file. 
# Eventually this file should not need to contain any passwords.
# as root user alone should be sufficient privledge to stop/start 
# the server.
 
#  NOTE: make sure you have localhost in your hosts.equiv file see next 2 
#  lines for example of hosts.equiv contents
#localhost.localdomain
#localhost


export FIREBIRD 
export ISC_USER
export ISC_PASSWORD

MANAGER=$FIREBIRD/bin/fbmgr.bin

  start(){
           echo -n "Starting Firebird server: "
           $MANAGER -start -forever
         }
  stop(){
        echo -n "Stopping Firebird server: "
        $MANAGER -shut
        }