At 11:33 PM 28/04/2003 +0200, you wrote:

>I remember we once had problems connecting to our database at another
>customer: Firebird claimed it cannot write to a file in the temp directory.
>We only got rid of this error by creating a Windows share on a temp
>directory outside from "C:\Windows". This error happened while connecting
>from a remote computer, too. I always thought that the computer where
>ibserver.exe runs does not need to share anything, please correct me if I'm
>wrong.

No, it doesn't (and shouldn't) use shares. The problem was probably that
the default tmp dir on the server didn't have enough space. You really
should configure the temp space explicitly and make sure that the resources
that you allocate for it will always be sufficient.

>And the last one: can anybody please tell me what the computer where
>ibserver.exe runs needs to provide to the clients? I know that Port 3050
>must not be blocked but what about events - I think I read somewhere that
>they use random ports?

Yes, events use random ports. You said your customer had no firewall...but
I had a support customer who told me that, too. When I got to the site, I
found they had Norton Internet Security running! it was in its default
configuration, blocking all TCP/IP access including intraweb. Once we
configured Norton to permit access from within the LAN, there were no
further problems with Firebird event ports.

I hope it turns out to be something that simple for your customer as
well. :-))

heLen