Walter,

> I am trying to install Firebird on a server that I access by Windows remote
> desktop.
> The server is (I think, I have never seen it in the flesh) HP Proliant
> ML350 G4 with Intel Xeon 3/00 GHz chip., Running Windows Server 2003
> Enterprise edition.
>
> First I installed an Apache2 server, which works OK so I assume TCP/IP is
> up an running on the server.
>
> Then I downloaded and ran Firebird-1.5.3.4854-0_RC2-Win32.exe and the
> resulting directory structure looks OK.
>
> Next thing I wanted to do was change the sysdba password using gsec. In
> the Command Prompt I did:
>
> C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_1_5>bin\gsec -user sysdba -password
> masterkey
>
> and got:
>
> unavailable database
> unable to open database

Try if it helps when you are specifying the security database by using
the TCP/IP loopback protocol. For example:

gsec -database localhost:c:\<path>\security.fdb -user sysdba -password
masterkey


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