> add one more test here -
> telnet servername 3050
> and see if you get a response - tells you if the port is open
> (reponse should be an empty screen)

thanks--and it doesn't work.

I checked the services file on the server and there was no gds_db
entry. I added it, rebooted, but this did not fix the probelm.

What now?

Ed Dressel;