> --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Rony Cesana" <r.cesana@...>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi everybody...
>> I can't get the users with no administrative rights on Windows (I've
> tried a couple: XP, 2000) to connect.
>> All I get is an "unavailable database" error...
>>
>> The service is running, and I've tried both the Service and the
> Application startup mode...
>>
>> Has anyone got any clue?
>
> What is the connection string? Can you telnet into the server port 3050?
>
> Adam

No connection string as yet... even isc_service_attach fails, and if I
"isc_interprete" the error code, I get "cannot attach to service manager"
(I'm trying to attach as SYSDBA obviously, and the same test program
perfectly succeds if I run it as a user with admin rights...).

I can telnet on that port, and a socket is successfully opened, though the
connection is obviously dropped as soon as I send over a couple of chars,
because I know nothing about the protocol itself! ;)

I've tried with IBExpert, and if I try and open a service connection (to
modify the users, for instance), I get the usual "cannot attach to service
manager", whereas if I try to connect with a data connection, I get
"unavailable database"...

This is really getting frustrating... :((

The system I'm testing on is XP Pro, Vers. 2002, SP 2.

Thanks again,
Rony