thanks but I've checked the permissions and they are fine. I can do
the exactly same copy operations and one copy will allow multiple
connections and the other will only allow one.

On 18/09/06, Alan McDonald <alan@...> wrote:
> > fb 1.5.1, fedora core
> >
> > I have a situation where, sometimes, a database that copied to another
> > identical machine will only allow 1 connection, any additional attempt
> > to connect just waits.
> >
> > exit the first connection and a single waiting connection
> > completes the connect.
> > I've done this with isql so as to eliminate client/network issues.
> >
> > Now granted that this is a database that is copied rather than backup,
> > copy backup file, restore but I've had it happen with a database where
> > I've done backup, restore on same machine to new name, copy to new
> > machine. Nobody has connected to the restored database on the original
> > machine nad it's still had this problem. I can't work out what could
> > cause this, anyone?
>
> sounds more like an OS limit to me. Have you checked the tcp permissions - I
> forget what it's called in linux.
> Alan