Helen,

H> your belief that the client machine ever connecting using cpLocal
H> is misplaced.

I don't know whether current versions of Firebird still do that or
not, but AFAIR there was a time when using a UNC path would cause the
client to find the machine sharing it, translate the path and try to
use a Firebird server installed there. This seems compatible with the
situation the OP has described.

Not that this helps much anyway...

Ciao
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