Subject Re: [firebird-support] Old DB - unknown user
Author Thomas Steinmaurer
>> Hello, Kjell!
>>
>> Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 6:15:29 PM, you wrote:
>>
>> KR> Engine Message:
>> KR> no permission for read-write access to database
>>
>> 3 reasons possible:
>> 1. the file does not have "write" attribute, i.e. it is read-only.
>> 2. database switched to read-only mode by gfix (check gstat -h db.fdb).
>> 3. Firebird is started under the user account that does not have
>> rights to access given database file
>>
>
> Turns out it was reason 1. Feeling a bit silly now... Just can't imagine
> why I would have made these files read only. Oh well...

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Regards,
Thomas