Hello, Dirk!

Thursday, February 20, 2014, 4:03:58 PM, you wrote:

DS> The following errors are repeatedly found in the firebird.log
DS> operating system directive CreateFile failed
DS> Access denied

first check what antivirus software or proxy is running on that
server.
Any soft that intercepts file operations, network operations, etc, can
affect Firebird working with DB or clients via network.

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Dmitry Kuzmenko, www.ib-aid.com