> Ib6, windows.
>
> When I try and connect to a database running on a W2K server machine,
> I get an error connecting to password database, with the following
> message:
>
> An InterBase error has occurred while attaching.
> Error - operating system directive CreateFile failed
> The requested operation cannot be performed on a file with a user-
> mapped section open.
>
> InterBase Communication Test Failed!
>
> The server is acting as a web server, but I have stopped the
> webserver to make sure there are no isapi dlls holding it open.
>
> Would anybody have any ideas?
>
> The unusual thing is that the isapi apps appear to be able to work
> fine.

You need to take this to ib-support. There are more people
who handle system problems like this.

It sounds like you have a problem creating the temp files or
that the database looks like it is on a mapped drive. Both
need to be on physical drives - I think.

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