Install Firebird 5 Ubuntu Server 22.04

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Piergiorgio Valli

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Feb 13, 2024, 4:43:57 PM2/13/24
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Hello,

when i try to install Firebird 5 on Ubuntu server I have following error

Extracting install data
chown: invalid user: ‘firebird:firebird’
chown: invalid user: ‘firebird:firebird’
chown: invalid user: ‘firebird:firebird’
chown: invalid user: ‘firebird:firebird’
chown: invalid user: ‘firebird:firebird’
chown: invalid user: ‘firebird:firebird’


 firebird.service - Firebird Database Server
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/firebird.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2024-02-13 21:22:37 UTC; 20min ago
       Docs: https://firebirdsql.org/en/firebird-rdbms/
        CPU: 556us

Feb 13 21:22:37 pvmfirebird systemd[1]: Starting firebird.service - Firebird Database Server...
Feb 13 21:22:37 pvmfirebird (fbguard)[5444]: firebird.service: Failed to determine user credentials: No such process
Feb 13 21:22:37 pvmfirebird (fbguard)[5444]: firebird.service: Failed at step USER spawning /opt/firebird/bin/fbguard: No such process
Feb 13 21:22:37 pvmfirebird systemd[1]: firebird.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=217/USER
Feb 13 21:22:37 pvmfirebird systemd[1]: firebird.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Feb 13 21:22:37 pvmfirebird systemd[1]: Failed to start firebird.service - Firebird Database Server.


Have you some idea?

Thanks
Pier

Dimitry Sibiryakov

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Feb 13, 2024, 5:43:34 PM2/13/24
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Piergiorgio Valli wrote 13.02.2024 22:43:
> Have you some idea?

sudo?..

Installer obviously failed to create user and group "firebird".

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Piergiorgio Valli

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Feb 14, 2024, 2:43:47 PM2/14/24
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Hi,

i have installed  Ubuntu desktop 22.04 instead of Ubuntu server 22.04 and now works.

Thanks
Pier

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