Dodged that bullet. Edited aliases.conf, saved to another location, then used Windows Explorer to move it back to FireBird folder, replacing the existing version.

Best,
jwc
from iMac

On Aug 10, 2013, at 12:08 PM, John W. (Jack) Cane <jwcane@...> wrote:

> To explain further, I placed the alias definition into aliases.conf, but cannot save. I am logged in as administrator but am unable to change read-only property of the containing folder.
>
> I have Firebird _2_5.
>
> Best,
> jwc
> from iMac
>
> On Aug 10, 2013, at 11:48 AM, John W. (Jack) Cane <jwcane@...> wrote:
>
>> System will not allow me to save edited version of aliases.conf.
>>
>> Web search refers to a script called CreateAliasDB.sh with discussion that alludes to Linux system.
>>
>> Could someone please point me to a command line to establish an alias.
>>
>> Best,
>> jwc
>> from iMac
>>
>> On Aug 7, 2013, at 5:18 PM, Lester Caine <lester@...> wrote:
>>
>>> John W. (Jack) Cane wrote:
>>> >> I have a pretty simple app in final stages, now need to add IB_components. Studied the IBO_5_2_0\lib\Samples\ Company app, and it is pretty clear. Only item I'm still missing is the translation of database name to file name and location (path). How is that accomplished?
>>> aliases.conf in the firebird server. This maps names to locations ...
>>>
>>> --
>>> Lester Caine - G8HFL
>>> -----------------------------
>>> Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact
>>> L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk
>>> EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/
>>> Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk
>>> Rainbow Digital Media - http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk
>>>
>>
>



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