/usr/lib/libgds.so 3. Copy the interbase.msg file to /opt/interbase 4. In the system-wide default shell profile, or using setenv() from a shell, create the INTERBASE environment variable and point it to /opt/interbase

unless the firebird user on the remote database(s) has ISC_USER and ISC_PASSWORD defined in the .profile or `.bashrc `(or equivalent) login files. However, that is a seriously bad idea and incredibly insecure

LD_ASSUME_KERNEL environment variable set up within the local environment as well, so add the following to /etc/profile, to ensure every user picks it up for the command line utilities. after HISTSIZE=1000