login failure...

  • Hi experts,

    my server was having windows as well as sql login authentication. Once i checked the deny access for BUILT\Administrators . . I'am unable to login as

    SA and also I'am also unable to change that check as well. . .any solutions

    in this regard will be appreciated

  • If your windows account was explicitly given rights to login in to SQL Server (not through the BUILTIN\Administrators group) and had sysadmin server role rights, a quick fix is to remove yourself from the local Administrators group of that system.

    However, if your SQL Server is set up in mixed mode, you should be able to login as sa, provided you've got the correct password.

    Were there any other privileged accounts that weren't in the local Administrators group for the system? If so, you might also try one of them.

    K. Brian Kelley

    bkelley@sqlservercentral.com

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/bkelley/

    K. Brian Kelley
    @kbriankelley

  • I think Brian has the best suggestions.

    Though I would leave the BuiltIn/Adminstrators in there. Nice to have a second way in, just in case.

    Steve Jones

    sjones@sqlservercentral.com

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/sjones

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