> I am having problems running gbak and gsec from a command prompt opened
> while logged-in to the server using Remote Desktop. It seems to be
> similar to the problems in this post
> <http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/firebird-support/message/89501>
> and next time I do a site visit to the customer I shall try this
> solution
> <http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/firebird-support/message/89505> .
> But in the meantime I would like to learn more about Remote Desktop and
> using Firebird tools. Helen said:
>
> "It appears that your command shell client is a remote desktop
> client. If so, you need to include the -database switch and provide
> the full network address of the security database ... "
>
> but I don't understand why. Obviously my understanding of how Remote
> Desktop works is too naive. Can anyone suggest clear and simple
> resources for learning about the issues?
>
> Thanks

You wil notice when you log on to remote desktop that yours and the servers
resources get pooled. Have a look at the drive letters, printers available
etc.
So relative and absolute paths become unreliable. You must use the switch to
avoid this confusion.
Alan