At 01:10 PM 11/02/2005 +0000, you wrote:

> > >
> > > I've just installed Firebird 1.5.2 in a windowns environement
> > > (Windows XP SP2 and Windows 2003). I have the problem in both
> > > installations.
> > >
> > > When I try to connect to the database from a remote pc (with
> > > IBexpert or our own application) everything is fine, but when I try to
> > > do any of the following comands from the local server (isql, gsec,
>gbak)
> > > I get always the same error message : unavailable database.
> > >
>C:\Archivos de programa\Firebird\bin>isql -user sysdba -password
><mypassword>
>Use CONNECT or CREATE DATABASE to specify a database
>SQL> connect 'c:\temp\scg2.ibp';
>Statement failed, SQLCODE = -904
>unavailable database
>
>I get the same error whatever database file I try.
>
> > What about connecting with IBExpert from the local machine?
>
>There is something strange with it. If I register a database as remote
>specifying my IP it works allright, but if I register my database as
>local specifying only the path to the database file it doesn't works.

Which model of Firebird did you install - Superserver or Classic? Check
the name of the executable in Firebird's bin directory - Classic is
fb_inet_server.exe, while SS is fbserver.exe.

The IPServer local protocol isn't available to connect to Classic...

./heLen