> Tested with firebird (ss) 2.04 and 2.1.1
>
> When I try to backup the security2.fdb via gbak I get the following
> error
>
> gbak: ERROR:I/O error for file
> "c:\programme\firebird\Firebird_2_0\security2.fdb"
> gbak: ERROR: Error while trying to open file
> gbak: ERROR: Der Prozess kann nicht auf die Datei zugreifen, da sie
> von einem anderen Prozess verwendet wird.
>
> (the last line is something like: cannot access file, because it is in
> use by another process)
>
> Trying to work with gsec results in a similar error (but works on
> windows 2008):
>
> gsec -user sysdba -password masterkey -database
> c:\programme\firebird\firebird_2_0\security2.fdb
>
> GSEC> display
> I/O error for file "c:\programme\firebird\firebird_2_0\security2.fdb"
> Error while trying to open file
> Der Prozess kann nicht auf die Datei zugreifen, da sie von einem
> anderen Prozess verwendet wird.
>
> The command shell was started explicitly as administrator.
>
> Obviously the problem is the "protection" of the program files
> directory.
> If I copy the security2.fdb to a temp directory first I can backup the
> database without problems.
>
> Is this a known issue?
>
> --Heiko

You can't use GBAK to back security2.fdb unless you use the services manager
switch.
Alan