At 03:42 PM 22/02/2003 -0700, you wrote:

>Actually, may I change this a bit....
>
>what I am trying to use is...
>111.111.111.111://computername/C:\mydir\mydb.gdb

It isn't valid. Your second example below is correct for what you need for
a TCP/IP connection to a Windows server, viz. hostname:D:\physical_pathname

The path can't be a share or a mapped drive, either.

heLen

>Thanks
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Lawrence N. Green [mailto:lgreen@...]
>Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 3:19 PM
>To: ib-support@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [ib-support] Connecting IB through the Internet.
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>
>Can someone tell me what it means when you get an error message of...
>Cannot attach to password database
>
>I can connect with
>111.111.111.111:c:\mydir\mydb.gdb
>but when I try with
>mycomputername:c:\mydir\mydb.gdb
>I get this message
>
>
>Thanks
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Lawrence Green, CCP,ISP
>Sitescapers Contracting
>lgreen@...
>www.sitescapers.com
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