Helen,

> Indeed. But Firebird completely disallows it. And the rule still

stands: you can not access databases through shares, forwards, etc.

Yes. I completely understand that. But why isn't it possible to backup
the security database via the "true" name/path?

> Why not use an alias?
>
> In aliases.conf I have
>
> sec = c:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_2_1\security2.fdb
>
> Then, in your conventional gbak call, replace the database path with

'sec'.

Good point. Works like a charm :-)

> (Note that you can't use an alias for the backup file name, since

this is a filesystem object.)

Sure. Thanks for the hint anyway.


--Heiko