User Account Used by BULK INSERT command

  • Does any one know what user account is being used by BULK INSERT command when accessing data file and format file?

    My problem is the user account that I use to run bulk insert has full control access to the folder where the data file is located but when I execute the bulk insert command I get this error message:

    Could not bulk insert because file '\\<server>\<folder>\file.txt could not be opened. Operating System error code 5 (error not found).

    Permission to 'Everyone' was removed when <folder> was shared and the user account that I am using has Full Control access.  But when we added back 'Everyone' in the share permission, the bulk insert ran successfully which means that BULK INSERT command is using a different user account to access data file.

  • Has the SQL Server service account being granted READ permissions to the folder?

  • The SQL Server service account was not granted read permission to the folder. When we granted it read permission to the folder, the bulk insert ran successfully. 

    Thanks!

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