Re: MSDE installation/connection issues

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From: Andrea Montanari (andrea.sqlDMO_at_virgilio.it)
Date: 07/19/04


Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 22:51:20 +0200

hi,
"public.microsoft.com" <lakamsani AT gmail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> I installed MSDE (sp3a) in a Windows 2000 server SP4. This is configured
to
> be a domain controller and (AD turned on). I can use MSDE webadmin to
> access the database instance fine. I have a couple of problems.
>
> 1. MSSQLServerADHelper service does not startup.
>
> System log message is:
> The MSSQLServerADHelper service terminated with service-specific error
> 3221225572.

please have a look at http://tinyurl.com/6qwgg

>
> 2.Despite following the instructions in KB article: 840219 I still 'm not
> able to login to MSDE using OSQL from a command prompt. Error message is:
>
> Cr>osql -U domain\administrator -P xxxx
> Login failed for user 'domain\administrator'. Reason: Not associated with
a
> trusted SQL Server connection.
>
> Is something wrong with my syntax for the value for the -U parameter? I
> restarted the SQL server and the agent services after following the steps
in
> 840219.

for trusted connections, you shoul'd pass the -E parameter (where -E
specifys a trusted connection using you actual WindowsNT login credential)
instead that providing SQL Server authenticated related credentials...
tipically
c:\>osql -E

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Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
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