Hi,

>I already tried
>mydb=machinename:c:\dbfolder\test.fdb in aliases.conf

An alias is a name path only, it's valid for that server, so
it shouldn't include a machine name.

>and tried to connect using FlameRobin.
>It doesn't work
>If I don't include "machinename:" it works.

See above, including the machine name doesn't make sense.

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