> 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

Hmm. No difference in behaviour :-(

--Heiko