[H-GEN] Installing Interbase on RH6.1

[Brent Wesley]

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David Duffy wrote:

> Hilton wrote:
> >I hear Interbase 6.01 and below have a wide open backdoor inserted by
> >Borland!  Hope you are using a later (or patched) version.
>
> Yes, I saw the BUG BUG BUG warnings all over their site!
> I've installed the rpm and added the lines to the various config
> files & re-booted but how do I tell if it's running? I'm still on a
> very steep learning curve with Linux so I will probably ask a
> few more dumb questions along the way. I do cruise the FAQ
> lists before I ask - I just don't always get it the first time! :-)
> Thanks to those who have helped me so far. The good lists
> are ones where everyone is given a fair go - even beginners.
> Regards...
>

As the gds_db uses inetd it only runs when it gets a connection to it's port
(3050). The easiest was it to use a port scanning program like nmap or to
telnet to port 3050 on the host machine.

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Brent Wesley
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