On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 14:06:45 -0000
"develop111" <develop111@...> wrote:

d> I downloaded the Microsoft utility called "PortQry". From a client
d> computer, if I query the port 3050 of the Interbase server, usually
d> this utility should display "TCP port 3050 (gds_db service):
d> LISTENING". However, this utility display "TCP port 3050 (unknown
d> service): LISTENING". It's like even this utility does not see the
d> entry "gds_db 3050/tcp" in the SERVICES file. But everything is
d> properly configured. It's very strange.

Strange, yes.
But a Microsoft OS issue, for sure.
That's what the microsoft PortQry tells you, indeed.
It reports and confirms the problem, yet it has nothing to do with
InterBase and even less Firebird.

If Win2K, upgrade to SP4.

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Olivier Mascia