--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "R. Michael Hall"
<rmhall@...> wrote:

>
> I think I found the problem. Our system admin started running Nesus

against

> our system. The time of the run and the FB server shutdown coincide.

I had

> him stop the run and will see if it stays up.
>

That would not surprise me either. When Firebird says it wants
exclusive access to the fdb file, it really means it. It does not like
to be prevented from writing bits of the file because some other
process has a lock on it.

Adam