Hi Helen,

yes i know, the cmd is what i am using all the time, ok the problem was really was the shortened name for the folder "Program Files", i have now written the command like this and it worked (thanks steven!):

gsec -user SYSDBA -database localhost:"C:\Progra~1\Firebird\Firebird_1_5\security.fdb" -password masterkey;

THis is working 100%, all other variations NOT! Back to DOS;-)

Many thanks to all who helped me out with this... have a nice day

Pat



Helen Borrie wrote:

> At 09:06 AM 13/07/2005 +1000, Steven Hunter wrote:
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>>Have you tried the dos format short filenames for "program files" (ie
>>progra~1)?
>>Perhaps you need double " marks for the long filename support?
>>
>>So try:
>>
>>gsec -user SYSDBA -database "C:\Progra~1\Firebird\Firebird_1_5\security.fdb"
>>-password masterkey
>>
>>Although your command with the space works fine here on my pc (fb 1.5 SS, xp
>>pro sp2, no firewall enabled)
>>
>>As does it without the space.
>>
>>Although I do have the firebird bin dir in path
>>(c:\progra~1\firebird\firebird_1_5\bin)
>
>
> Pat, did you know that Windows has TWO command shells? The one that you
> start using "command.exe" is the old one from NT4/Win98. It doesn't
> recognise long filenames or spaces. This is the one you get if you do
> Start>Run>command. It appears to be the cause of your troubles.
>
> The one you need is "cmd.exe". Start>Run>cmd. No more path format problems.
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