ibmgr -start

[Error]

SERVER/process_packet: connection rejected for root

Solution:
Superserver for Unix platforms does not have a true local access method. Instead it uses localhost to simulate "local" connections.

Thus, This error occurs because the server tries to initiate a local connection via localhost and isn't a trusted host.

To remedy this you just need to make sure localhost is a trusted host. One way you can do this is by adding localhost to the /etc/hosts.equiv file. For additional information on the hosts.equiv file see man page for it on your computer. An example of this man page can be found at http://www.fifi.org/cgi-bin/man2html/usr/share/man/man5/hosts.equiv.5.gz

Note: The ib server is actually started despite the error message. You can verify that with ps grep for 'ibserver' & 'ibguard'. If this is the case, shut down the server and restart it again with the hosts.equiv file in place.

To shut down the server, do:

/usr/interbase/bin/ibmgr -shut -password masterkey