Hi Walter,
Walter wrote:

> Hi,
>
> this is the path of the fdb file:
> C:\Users\Desy\Documents\FB
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> this is the aliases.conf (on the server machine):
> XFILES = C:\Users\Desy\Documents\FB\XFILES.FDB

There are some no-go areas for sharing files and/or folders:
%SYSTEMROOT%
%PROGRAMFILES%
%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%
%PROGRAMDATA%
%USERPROFILE%

Reason: Security and Privacy.

So it is easier to create a separate folder for databases which is out
of the security scope.

syl, marcus

> the error occours both with local or remote access.
>
> For example, I had Firebird installed on a Windows 2003 machine (named AD2K3), which has this aliases.conf:
> XFILES = C:\DATI\FB\XFILES.FDB
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> And I can access it from any client with AD2K3:XFILES
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