--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Dimitry Sibiryakov <sd@...> wrote:

>
> 09.02.2010 12:25, amacprogramming wrote:
> > Ok, I've read about the system restore issue, so i changed the file extension to *.fdb, I also checked accessing the database lying on a partition that the system restore is not even activated for. Still no luck!
>
> Didn't you forget about security database isc4.gdb?
>
> --
> SY, SD.
>

Ah, I haven't looked into that!

In the meantime I switched to a windows XP machine, where the connection is made instantly. So it definitely has something to do with my setup.
I will investigate a little further.

Thanks for all the responses so far.