Re: Error 18456 Login failed for user 'distributor_admin'

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From: Giacomo (anonymous_at_msnewsgroups.com)
Date: 07/18/04 

Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 07:31:16 -0400

Dave,
You're in over my head, but it sounds like a permissions error.

If you go to services and select the properties of your server, you'll see
the account that the machine starts in. Check to see that account is
someone who is in the 'distributor_admin' group. You can browse for it
there - and both sides need to be members of that group since it appears to
have the permission to run the transaction.

Hope this helps.
Giac

"Dave" <dave.cartlidge@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:9401f534.0407180039.1d325c91@posting.google.com...
> Sorry, I should have given a bit more info. I'm trying to set up one
> machine to replicate the contents of one table to a second machine
> (not located in the same place)
>
> I figured I needed to set Machine A up as a distibutor and then allow
> Machine B to have a subscription.
>
> I don't have the 'Publisher's tab' as I have not configured it to be a
> publisher yet, this I can't do as I get the aforementioned error.
>
> I can't see a login 'distributor_admin' in Ent Mgr.
>
> I was assuming (maybe incorrectly) that I don't need to do anything on
> Machine B in order to be able to set up the publishing side on Machine
> A.
>
> Hope this helps you to help me :)
>
> Dave

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