> Hi,
>
> I am struggling with an error that a client of mine has reported.
> I had asked her to send me her .FDB file so I could check for
> corruptions (she uses the default sysdba user and password). When I
> sent the file back and she placed it in the proper directory, my
> client application was unable to get connected to the database:
>
> SQL Error: I/O error for the file "[Databasename].FDB" Error while
> trying to open file Zugriff verweigert
> Error codes -902. Unsuccessful execution caused by a system error that
> precludes successful execution of subsequent statements.
>
> Now, "Zugriff verweigert" means "access denied". But how could that
> be? She works with Windows and has all the rights she needs. The error
> happens when she logs in from a workstation, but also when she works
> directly on the server. And how can that happen from one moment to the
> other? Is it a problem to send a database file back and forth? I had
> asked her to rename her old file before she copied the new one into
> the data directory, but even re-renaming of the original file doesn't
> help.
>
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Stefan

when she works locally is she using embedded with a local connection string?
and then you try to connect via the server? that wouuld lock the file
OR - you have merely named it differently and the file is not found - the
error is the same in both cases
Alan