> I called gbak like this:
>
> gbak -b -v -t -user sysdba -password masterkey -service
> localhost:service_mgr c:\programme\firebird\Firebird_2_0\security2.fdb
> c:\temp\security2.fbk
>
>
> --Heiko

try this:
gbak -b -v -t -se service_mgr -user sysdba -password masterkey
"c:\programme\firebird\firebird_2_0\security2.fdb"
"c:\ib-data\backups\security.fbk"

for local connections you don't refer to localhost:service_mgr
Alan