Hi!

> We are giving GBak the alias name. It seems to want to convert that to the actual filename which then gets blocked via the DatabaseAccess setting.
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> I don't think it is relevant but I will mention that I am launching this from the server. The exact launch command is this:
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> "C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_2_1\bin\gbak.exe" -v -t -g -co -user SYSDBA -password masterkey MyAlias c:\BackupFile.fbk

If you are local to your Firebird server, have you tried using:

localhost:MyAlias


for the connect string?



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> -rs
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> From: Svein Erling Tysvær <svein.erling.tysvaer@...>
> To: "firebird-support@yahoogroups.com" <firebird-support@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wed, 5 May, 2010 3:29:15 PM
> Subject: RE: [firebird-support] GBak and DatabaseAccess=None
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> Have you tried using the database alias rather than the full file name with gbak?
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> Set
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: firebird-support@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:firebird-support@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Randall Sell
> Sent: 5. mai 2010 05:43
> To: firebird-support@ yahoogroups. com
> Subject: [firebird-support] GBak and DatabaseAccess= None
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> Hi,
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> This caught me a bit by surprise... I went to do a backup but couldn't. I was getting an error like this:
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> gbak: ERROR:Access to database "C:\xxxxx\File. FDB" is denied by server administrator
> gbak:Exiting before completion due to errors
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> When I set DatabaseAccess= Full in Firebird.conf the backup went ahead no problem.
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> Is this expected? How then, does one do a full backup on a secured server, without using nBackup?
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> cheers,
> -randall
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