FM 5.5 Server - Event errors

[MattyP]

Hi everyone

I am quite new to Filemaker and have come across a problem this morning after a non-expected server shutdown.

Basically, my client PC's cannot connect to the databases held on the FM Server. The error I get is:

File "dbase_name.fp5" could not be opened: a database with that name (or the same initial 31 characters) is already open; please rename one of the files.

Obviously dbase_name is a substituation for the actual database name. I have tried stopping and starting the FM server service, rebooting the server etc, as soon as FM Server starts I get the above message and clients cannot connect to the main database.

Is there anyway of fixing this?

Thanks in advance.

Mat

[Wim Decorte]

the error you get is on the client?

How are they connecting to the files: through Open Remote? Or do you have the folder with the FM files shared through the OS? (which is bad news).