> Hi trying to connect to a remote db on w2003 server
> and get an error I have never seen before:
>
> "ISC Error Code 335544373
>
> operating system directive CreateFile failed
> The requested opereration cannot be performed on a file with a user-mapped
> section open"
>
> There is no-one else connected
> It popsup even when entering wrong password which suggests
> it is occuring very early on in the proceedings.
>
> The client connect string is <ipaddress>d:\programs\masstest\mass.fdb
>
> Db is firebird 1
>
> Can connect OK when *at* the server
>
> Regards
>
> Roger P

What about
<ipaddress>:d:\programs\masstest\mass.fdb
-----------^
another colon?