SQL Database access denied, At my wits end.

  • 245755 Error

    DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen

    (Connect()).]SQL Server does not exist or access denied.

    Juris Accounting, Windows Server 2003,

    I am getting this error whenever I attempt to connect a system that has a new operating system installed. (Windows XP). Existing systems are unaffected, setting up new users on systems already connected to the domain is no problem. I have tried every combination of cliconfg.exe with no luck. I discovered this issue about 30 days ago. The accounting program and related systems have been in use for about 4 years without incident.

    I have a system with Windows 7 RC installed; it connects to the Juris database without problem. The same system with Windows XP installed on a different hard drive returns the above error.

    Any ideas of help on this would be greatly appreciated.

  • Make sure your system has no firewall enabled.

    Take the help from Sys Admin and ask them to check the DNS Entries, if trying to connect using windows authentication make sure this machine is in domain.

    See there can be N number of reasons.

    You need to see this from a very broad prospective.

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    Sarabpreet Singh 😎
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  • And yes try to ping the server and see if its working on not.

    Regards,
    Sarabpreet Singh 😎
    Sarabpreet.com
    SQLChamp.com
    Twitter: @Sarab_SQLGeek

  • The system is a member of the domain, I can ping the server with the problem workstations. Firewall disabled. THe network is static IP addressed.

    On an established workstation client using Windows XP that the client software was prviously installed on;

    The SQL database works without issue. I can establish new profiles with no problem.

    Taking a workstation and wiping the drive and reloading XP and re-installing the client software;

    The SQL database is not accessable. (24575 error, client not found or access denied).

    On a workstation that was previously joined to the domain but the SQL client software was not installed on, I get the same SQL error.

    Seems to me that this is pointing to a Group policy setting on the server, So far I have not been able to find it.

    Thanks

    Bill

    THe beatings will continue until morale improves!

  • Fixed!

  • bheinson (8/18/2009)


    Fixed!

    What was the problem? It would be helpful for anyone else who has a similar issue to know what you had to do to fix this problem.

    thanks

    Jeffrey Williams
    “We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.”

    ― Charles R. Swindoll

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  • After a lot of head banging and much knashing of teeth, my server specialists ("Why do you saddle me with these kinds of problems? he asked, I replied "Because I can figure out the simple ones!") We installed a sniffer (etheral). Traced the problem to a missing Reverse DNS Lookup Zone.

    Why the server or the Juris program insisted on suddenly needing a reverse DNS zone I will never know. Adding a reverse DNS lookup zone solved the issue.

  • Thank you for the feedback - I am sure it will help someone down the road.

    Jeffrey Williams
    “We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.”

    ― Charles R. Swindoll

    How to post questions to get better answers faster
    Managing Transaction Logs

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