Thanks Sean and André. >From memory I tried connecting via a straight file system path. So for >example, with gsec I did something like: 'gsec.exe -database "C:\path\to\db\file.fdb"'
I think, following the Firebird documentation, I also tried: 'gsec.exe -database "SERVERNAME:C:\path\to\db\file.fdb"' I'll get the exact connection info from the office tomorrow. We did have the firewall off and we did try the IBOconsole TCP/IP test which passed fine. There seems to be no problem getting to the 3050 port. Cheers, Doug --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, André Knappstein <Knappstein@...> wrote: > > > The system was working on Windows XP. I am thinking there might be ACL > > issues but I'm unsure. > > Are you aware that on XP it was still possible to use named pipes for > connection, while in Vista and higher (including Server2012) you > *must* use TCP/IP and need to qualify an IP-Adress (alternatively > "localhost")? > > This at least is the solution in some 90% of all cases where other > Firebird users are asking me. >
