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 Can't connect as another windows user

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Ken Blum
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

383 Posts

Posted - 2008-06-20 : 09:08:19
When attempting SQL Replication I am getting an error that the user I setup for connecting to the Distribution database was unable to connect. I have setup a domain administrator user on our Domain (Active Directory) with the name of SDP. In order to test the SDP login I attempted to connect as DOMAIN\SDP, and it failed. If I login to Windows (2000) as SDP I can connect to the Server using Windows Authentication without any problem.

Why can I not connect using SQL Server Authentication as DOMAIN\SDP when I am logged into Windows as kblum? Is there some sort of setting that I need to establish to allow this?

TIA

tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2008-06-20 : 13:05:15
You can't use windows accounts for SQL authentication. For windows accounts, use Windows authentication.

Tara Kizer
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