--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@...> wrote:
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> Regarding attempt to run gsec on Fb 1.5 on Vista
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> At 01:47 AM 19/12/2009, you wrote:
> >Thanks Helen. This is not working for me either. I get a 4 line error message:
> >Invalid switch specified
> >error in switch specifications
> >unavailable database
> >unable to open database
> >
> >I used localhost, 127.0.0.1, and 192.168.1.7 as IP address. Same result each time.
> >
> >Any ideas?
>
> First, make sure the Firebird service is running.
>
> And, now I come to think of it, the -se switch might not have been available in 1.5. So try this instead (assuming you are in firebird's \bin folder and a copy of fbclient.dll is there):
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> gsec -database localhost:sec -user SYSDBA -password masterkey
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> If localhost isn't available, subst with hostname of host IP, as before.
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> ./heLen
>