Hello Leslie,

> I have been testing Firebird 1.5.3 server against Vista RC2. I can
> create the service ok and create database as sysdba, but I am getting
> this error when I try to create a new user:
>
> unavailable database
> unable to open database
>
> This occurs with it bundled in my project, but also with the Windows
> installer, (using instsvc is not allowed on Vista).
>
> Does anybody have any more information on this?

The following is from the Firebird Quick Start Guide:

Trouble running gsec
If you have enough privileges but invoking gsec results in a message
like “cannot attach to
password database - unable to open database”:
• You may be running Firebird on Windows and for some reason the local
protocol isn't working.
You can circumvent this problem by “tricking” gsec into using TCP/IP.
Add the following
parameter to the command line, adjusting the path if necessary:

-database "localhost:C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_1_5\security.fdb"


Perhaps this is what you are experiencing?




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