Agree with all, but my experience (on W2K server) is that sometimes
suddenly accessrights have changed. I don't know if your db is on a
w2k-server. Have you really checked accesrights?

System account is a builtin Windows-account that usually (!) has
accessrights on all local devices, directories and files. Mind
"usually". SYSTEM should appear in files/directories access rights with
all accessrights granted.

I've seen it where SYSTEM even suddenly was gone... dunno why. Putting
SYSTEM back in and things worked properly. Allso check if FB runs under
SYSTEM-account in Services.

If your server is not Windows, forget the above... Don't know exactly
about unix et all.

John


stefanbalzter wrote:

> Dear Dave,
>
> > This appears to be a file system problem. Have you checked the basics?
>
> I would agree with that, but...
>
> > Is the file read only - I always forget to remove this check when I
> > transfer a file on CD.
>
> ...we have transferred the file via email and zipped/unzipped it.
> Neither process marks a file as read-only, AFAIK.
>
> > The user does not need access rights to the file but System does
> > (assuming that Firebird is running under that account). Have you
> > checked that System does have full read write access?
>
> Who or what is "System" in this context? The user that owns the
> Firebird service running?
>
> Anyway, at least the original file would have to work, wouldn't it?
> Renaming and re-renaming ought not to change any access rights for anyone.
>
> Stefan
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