At 14:22 20/09/2008, you wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I have setup the firebird.conf and aliases.conf so that I can use DB
>alias. However I still cannot manage to do so:
>
>SQL> CONNECT 'businessmaker' user SYSDBA password masterkey;
>Statement failed, SQLCODE = -902
>Access to database "/Users/superman/fbdata/Netwapp.2.3.2.fdb" is
>denied by server administrator

If you are using the Superserver model of Firebird, this connection string isn't going to work, regardless of permissions.

Give more information about what you installed and indicate whether you read the Quick Start Guide.

./heLen