It was using standard local file paths... l:\sql logs\ggg.ldf

The error in the log said that it did not have permission to access the file...and then it gave the file path....

The error logs just say that sql cannot access the ldf files. So I move the LDF files to a drive and folder that works.

Yes, I did use the configuration manager. I was able to get this working. I changed the name of the mdf file so that SQL could not find it. I...