Oops, I misquoted myself (no pun intended). You are, of course, correct,
gsec does not like quotes. Just tried it on my home computer.



The XP machine where I'm having a hard time is in an auto-repair shop, so I
won't be able to try it tonight. Next time I get there I'll try it and let
you know how it goes.



Thanks for your attention to this.







From: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:firebird-support@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 6:34 PM
To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [firebird-support] New Firebird 2.54 Win 32 Install





At 05:52 a.m. 20/06/2015, Karl Sandfort ksandfort@...
[firebird-support] wrote:

>I am new to Firebird. Was able to install on Windows 7 64-bit no problem.

Immediately after install ran gsec -user 'SYSDBA' -password '<the default
firebird password>' with no problems. However, on Windows XP Pro SP3, I
downloaded the 32-bit exe installer. Install ran fine. When I try to run
gsec I get something like "User name or password not defined, see your
system admin", etc. or something like that.

I don't know why it worked on your first install....

C:\Programs32\Firebird\Firebird_2_0\bin>gsec -user 'SYSDBA' -pass
'masterkey'
Your user name and password are not defined. Ask your database administrator
to
set up a Firebird login. unable to open database

Lose the quote marks:

C:\Programs32\Firebird\Firebird_2_0\bin>gsec -user sysdba -pass masterkey
GSEC>

Helen Borrie, Support Consultant, IBPhoenix (Pacific)
Author of "The Firebird Book" and "The Firebird Book Second Edition"
http://www.firebird-books.net
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