Mmmm, it seems that you need to add 'localhost' as in
"localhost:mydb.fdb" instead of "mydb.fdb"

Is this recently changed? Since on my old server "mydb.fdb" is sufficient

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Tom" <zifnabbe@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've set an alias in the aliases.conf file.
>
> But when I try to use it with isql on the server it tells me that the
> file (/opt/firebird/mydb.fdb) doesn't exists, while the alias points
> to /var/firebird/mydb.fdb
>
> The same counts for the employee.fdb example alias! When using it
> tells that /opt/firebird/employee.fdb doesn't exists.
>
> It just happens I'm in the /opt/firebird when starting isql (otherwise
> it tells that the database doesn't exists in the currect directory)
>
> When I use the full path to the databases then I'm capable to access
> them...
>
> The aliases.conf file has read access for all.
>
> Anybody an idea what might be wrong?
>
> Thanks!
>