Sunday, February 26, 2012
file share subscription problem
file system, but it is failing with Logon failure: unknown user name
or bad password --> System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException
(0x8007052E):
I'm supplying the correct username and password to access the
directory, and I'm specifying the unc path for the AS/400 correctly
(\\myas400\root\qdls\ftp). The reason I know this is because I am
able to go into Windows Explorer and type in the exact same UNC path,
then supply the username and password when prompted, and I can get in
just fine. I can also copy files back and forth, etc.
Any ideas? This looks like a possible bug to me. My guess is that
nobody's tried rendering a file share subscription to an AS/400
before, so it's probably never been tested.
I guess as a workaround I can render the report to a microsoft file
system and then ftp it over to the AS/400, but I really think this
should work as advertised. That's a lot of extra hoop jumping.This sounds like a security permission issue. Can you try the following: the
RS windows service is running under a certain account. Make sure this
account also has permissions to access the AS/400 network share.
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"dcp" <dcp12345678@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I've setup a file share subscription to render a report to an AS/400
> file system, but it is failing with Logon failure: unknown user name
> or bad password --> System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException
> (0x8007052E):
> I'm supplying the correct username and password to access the
> directory, and I'm specifying the unc path for the AS/400 correctly
> (\\myas400\root\qdls\ftp). The reason I know this is because I am
> able to go into Windows Explorer and type in the exact same UNC path,
> then supply the username and password when prompted, and I can get in
> just fine. I can also copy files back and forth, etc.
> Any ideas? This looks like a possible bug to me. My guess is that
> nobody's tried rendering a file share subscription to an AS/400
> before, so it's probably never been tested.
> I guess as a workaround I can render the report to a microsoft file
> system and then ftp it over to the AS/400, but I really think this
> should work as advertised. That's a lot of extra hoop jumping.
File Share Subscription
I have been trying, unsuccessfully, to set up a File Share Subscription. (The path is a location not on the report server.) On the destination server, the network permissions are set to full and the NTFS permissions are set to modify.
I found a post that said a Shared Schedule had to be used for this to work, so I tried that with no luck either. This is the error message I'm receiving:
"Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password. "
However, I can manually map a drive from my machine to that network drive.
And we've also been able to set up the File Share subscription to deliver to a different location on the network w/o issue.
I found something on a blog but I'm not sure that it is accurate. I can't find anything in the help files that indicate this is true. Can anyone confirm or deny?
"...if it fails using any account other than the account that the account Reporting Services is running under
just run your app pools and the reporting services windows service under the same account.
then change the Reports (Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportManager) and ReportServer (Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer) web.config files so the “impersonation” is to false."|||
In the file share subscription,use your login name and your password as stored credentials, and test the subscription.
Local server accounts may not be in Active Directory and they may not have permissions to write files on another share.
File share subscription
tries to write to a UNC in domain â'Bâ'. In â'Step 4â' of the â'Create a data
driven subscriptionâ' wizard, you are asked to provide a username and
password. If I supply domain credentials from domain A (A\UserName), the
subscription appears to run but the report output does not appear in the file
share on domain B. If I supply domain credentials for domain B (B\username),
the subscription fails to run.
Iâ'm assuming that the credentials asked for in the wizard are those used to
access the file share, but it seems as if they also have some bearing on the
running of the subscription (report) itself.
Is there a way I can accomplish what I desire?Check and make sure that your domains have a two way trust between them since
this can cause authentication issues.
Also, make sure that the file share is not set to Read Only and that the
NTFS permissions on the folder do not prevent that user from writing to it.
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SQL Server Developer Support Engineer
"Herman K" wrote:
> I have a report server in domain â'Aâ' that through a data driven subscription
> tries to write to a UNC in domain â'Bâ'. In â'Step 4â' of the â'Create a data
> driven subscriptionâ' wizard, you are asked to provide a username and
> password. If I supply domain credentials from domain A (A\UserName), the
> subscription appears to run but the report output does not appear in the file
> share on domain B. If I supply domain credentials for domain B (B\username),
> the subscription fails to run.
> Iâ'm assuming that the credentials asked for in the wizard are those used to
> access the file share, but it seems as if they also have some bearing on the
> running of the subscription (report) itself.
> Is there a way I can accomplish what I desire?
>|||Thanks Chris.
Ah. We do not (and cannot) have trusted domains due to security issues. I
ended up placing the subscription on a report server in domain B.
"Chris Alton [MS]" wrote:
> Check and make sure that your domains have a two way trust between them since
> this can cause authentication issues.
> Also, make sure that the file share is not set to Read Only and that the
> NTFS permissions on the folder do not prevent that user from writing to it.
> --
> SQL Server Developer Support Engineer
>
> "Herman K" wrote:
> > I have a report server in domain â'Aâ' that through a data driven subscription
> > tries to write to a UNC in domain â'Bâ'. In â'Step 4â' of the â'Create a data
> > driven subscriptionâ' wizard, you are asked to provide a username and
> > password. If I supply domain credentials from domain A (A\UserName), the
> > subscription appears to run but the report output does not appear in the file
> > share on domain B. If I supply domain credentials for domain B (B\username),
> > the subscription fails to run.
> >
> > Iâ'm assuming that the credentials asked for in the wizard are those used to
> > access the file share, but it seems as if they also have some bearing on the
> > running of the subscription (report) itself.
> >
> > Is there a way I can accomplish what I desire?
> >
File Share Delivery of subscription fails
that the windows acct for share access for the subscription has read/write to
the share.
The error I get in report manager is:
Failure writing file <report name>: The Report Server has encountered a
configuration error; more details in the log files
The log file says:
ReportingServicesService!library!10ec!08/08/2005-12:26:05:: i INFO: Call to
RenderFirst( '/My Reports/<report name>)
ReportingServicesService!library!10ec!08/08/2005-12:26:06:: e ERROR:
Throwing
Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.ServerConfigurationErrorException:
The Report Server has encountered a configuration error; more details in the
log files, AuthzInitializeContextFromSid: Win32 error: 234;
Info:
Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.ServerConfigurationErrorException:
The Report Server has encountered a configuration error; more details in the
log files
ReportingServicesService!library!10ec!08/08/2005-12:26:06:: i INFO:
Initializing EnableExecutionLogging to 'True' as specified in Server system
properties.
ReportingServicesService!subscription!10ec!08/08/2005-12:26:06::
Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.RSException: The Report
Server has encountered a configuration error; more details in the log files
-->
Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.ServerConfigurationErrorException:
The Report Server has encountered a configuration error; more details in the
log files
at
Microsoft.ReportingServices.Authorization.Native.GetAuthzContextForUser(IntPtr userSid)
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Authorization.Native.IsAdmin(String
userName)
at
Microsoft.ReportingServices.Authorization.WindowsAuthorization.IsAdmin(String
userName, IntPtr userToken)
at
Microsoft.ReportingServices.Authorization.WindowsAuthorization.CheckAccess(String
userName, IntPtr userToken, Byte[] secDesc, ReportOperation requiredOperation)
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Library.Security.CheckAccess(ItemType
catItemType, Byte[] secDesc, ReportOperation rptOper)
at
Microsoft.ReportingServices.Library.RSService._GetReportParameterDefinitionFromCatalog(CatalogItemContext
reportContext, String historyID, Boolean forRendering, Guid& reportID, Int32&
executionOption, String& savedParametersXml, ReportSnapshot&
compiledDefinition, ReportSnapshot& snapshotData, Guid& linkID, DateTime&
historyDate)
at
Microsoft.ReportingServices.Library.RSService._GetReportParameters(String
report, String historyID, Boolean forRendering, NameValueCollection values,
DatasourceCredentialsCollection credentials)
at
Microsoft.ReportingServices.Library.RSService.RenderAsLiveOrSnapshot(CatalogItemContext
reportContext, ClientRequest session, Warning[]& warnings,
ParameterInfoCollection& effectiveParameters)
at
Microsoft.ReportingServices.Library.RSService.RenderFirst(CatalogItemContext
reportContext, ClientRequest session, Warning[]& warnings,
ParameterInfoCollection& effectiveParameters, String[]& secondaryStreamNames)
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Library.RenderFirstCancelableStep.Execute()
at
Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.CancelablePhaseBase.ExecuteWrapper()
-- End of inner exception stack trace --
at
Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.CancelablePhaseBase.ExecuteWrapper()
at
Microsoft.ReportingServices.Library.RenderFirstCancelableStep.RenderFirst(RSService
rs, CatalogItemContext reportContext, ClientRequest session, JobTypeEnum
type, Warning[]& warnings, ParameterInfoCollection& effectiveParameters,
String[]& secondaryStreamNames)
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Library.ReportImpl.Render(String
renderFormat, String deviceInfo)
at
Microsoft.ReportingServices.FileShareDeliveryProvider.FileShareProvider.SaveReport(Notification notification, SubscriptionData data)
at
Microsoft.ReportingServices.FileShareDeliveryProvider.FileShareProvider.Deliver(Notification notification)
Any ideas?
TIA,
Berry Morgan
JSOAre the user who created the report subscription and the ReportServer in the
same domain (actually the ReportServerService service account). We have seen
this issue in our DEV + QA environments which are in different domains that
are not trusted by our prod domain (but do trust it). We have configured all
our Report Servers to run under prod domain service accounts to get around
this issue (because when testing subscriptions, developers will still be
using their prod accounts and it seems that it is the subscription owner
account that was failing to be resolved)
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HTH
Jasper Smith (SQL Server MVP)
http://www.sqldbatips.com
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community for SQL Server professionals -
http://www.sqlpass.org
"Berry at JSO" <6399bwmNOSPAM@.community.nospam> wrote in message
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>I have a subscription that will not deliver to a file share. I've ensured
> that the windows acct for share access for the subscription has read/write
> to
> the share.
> The error I get in report manager is:
> Failure writing file <report name>: The Report Server has encountered a
> configuration error; more details in the log files
>
> The log file says:
> ReportingServicesService!library!10ec!08/08/2005-12:26:05:: i INFO: Call
> to
> RenderFirst( '/My Reports/<report name>)
> ReportingServicesService!library!10ec!08/08/2005-12:26:06:: e ERROR:
> Throwing
> Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.ServerConfigurationErrorException:
> The Report Server has encountered a configuration error; more details in
> the
> log files, AuthzInitializeContextFromSid: Win32 error: 234;
> Info:
> Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.ServerConfigurationErrorException:
> The Report Server has encountered a configuration error; more details in
> the
> log files
> ReportingServicesService!library!10ec!08/08/2005-12:26:06:: i INFO:
> Initializing EnableExecutionLogging to 'True' as specified in Server
> system
> properties.
> ReportingServicesService!subscription!10ec!08/08/2005-12:26:06::
> Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.RSException: The Report
> Server has encountered a configuration error; more details in the log
> files
> -->
> Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.ServerConfigurationErrorException:
> The Report Server has encountered a configuration error; more details in
> the
> log files
> at
> Microsoft.ReportingServices.Authorization.Native.GetAuthzContextForUser(IntPtr
> userSid)
> at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Authorization.Native.IsAdmin(String
> userName)
> at
> Microsoft.ReportingServices.Authorization.WindowsAuthorization.IsAdmin(String
> userName, IntPtr userToken)
> at
> Microsoft.ReportingServices.Authorization.WindowsAuthorization.CheckAccess(String
> userName, IntPtr userToken, Byte[] secDesc, ReportOperation
> requiredOperation)
> at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Library.Security.CheckAccess(ItemType
> catItemType, Byte[] secDesc, ReportOperation rptOper)
> at
> Microsoft.ReportingServices.Library.RSService._GetReportParameterDefinitionFromCatalog(CatalogItemContext
> reportContext, String historyID, Boolean forRendering, Guid& reportID,
> Int32&
> executionOption, String& savedParametersXml, ReportSnapshot&
> compiledDefinition, ReportSnapshot& snapshotData, Guid& linkID, DateTime&
> historyDate)
> at
> Microsoft.ReportingServices.Library.RSService._GetReportParameters(String
> report, String historyID, Boolean forRendering, NameValueCollection
> values,
> DatasourceCredentialsCollection credentials)
> at
> Microsoft.ReportingServices.Library.RSService.RenderAsLiveOrSnapshot(CatalogItemContext
> reportContext, ClientRequest session, Warning[]& warnings,
> ParameterInfoCollection& effectiveParameters)
> at
> Microsoft.ReportingServices.Library.RSService.RenderFirst(CatalogItemContext
> reportContext, ClientRequest session, Warning[]& warnings,
> ParameterInfoCollection& effectiveParameters, String[]&
> secondaryStreamNames)
> at
> Microsoft.ReportingServices.Library.RenderFirstCancelableStep.Execute()
> at
> Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.CancelablePhaseBase.ExecuteWrapper()
> -- End of inner exception stack trace --
> at
> Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.CancelablePhaseBase.ExecuteWrapper()
> at
> Microsoft.ReportingServices.Library.RenderFirstCancelableStep.RenderFirst(RSService
> rs, CatalogItemContext reportContext, ClientRequest session, JobTypeEnum
> type, Warning[]& warnings, ParameterInfoCollection& effectiveParameters,
> String[]& secondaryStreamNames)
> at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Library.ReportImpl.Render(String
> renderFormat, String deviceInfo)
> at
> Microsoft.ReportingServices.FileShareDeliveryProvider.FileShareProvider.SaveReport(Notification
> notification, SubscriptionData data)
> at
> Microsoft.ReportingServices.FileShareDeliveryProvider.FileShareProvider.Deliver(Notification
> notification)
>
> Any ideas?
> TIA,
> Berry Morgan
> JSO|||The subscription creator is a production domain account, but the
ReportServer service identity is NT AUTHORITY\Network Service.
If I change the ReportServer service identity to a domain account, won't
that require reactivation of the reporting server?
Also, email subscriptions currently work: wouldn't changing the service
identity require configuration changes for this subscription type as well?
My hunch is that subscription delivery to file shares is tied in with code
access security settings, but I'm not the MVP. :)
-Berry
"Jasper Smith" <jasper_smith9@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Are the user who created the report subscription and the ReportServer in
> the same domain (actually the ReportServerService service account). We
> have seen this issue in our DEV + QA environments which are in different
> domains that are not trusted by our prod domain (but do trust it). We have
> configured all our Report Servers to run under prod domain service
> accounts to get around this issue (because when testing subscriptions,
> developers will still be using their prod accounts and it seems that it is
> the subscription owner account that was failing to be resolved)
>|||Our issue was purely domain related however what I would suggest is that you
contact PSS. They'll be able to provide you with a utility that should help
pinpoint the issue. This is a common problem (the error message you are
seeing) and it's all related to being able to query AD and permissions
related to that (rather than specifically anything SQL related). PSS will be
able to help you track down the specific issue in your environment. Email
subscriptions don't suffer the same issue as far as I'm aware (we haven't
seen it but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist<g>)
--
HTH
Jasper Smith (SQL Server MVP)
http://www.sqldbatips.com
I support PASS - the definitive, global
community for SQL Server professionals -
http://www.sqlpass.org
"Berry Morgan" <6399bwmNOSPAM@.community.nospam> wrote in message
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> The subscription creator is a production domain account, but the
> ReportServer service identity is NT AUTHORITY\Network Service.
> If I change the ReportServer service identity to a domain account, won't
> that require reactivation of the reporting server?
> Also, email subscriptions currently work: wouldn't changing the service
> identity require configuration changes for this subscription type as well?
> My hunch is that subscription delivery to file shares is tied in with code
> access security settings, but I'm not the MVP. :)
> -Berry
> "Jasper Smith" <jasper_smith9@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ewEcpyGnFHA.3304@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Are the user who created the report subscription and the ReportServer in
>> the same domain (actually the ReportServerService service account). We
>> have seen this issue in our DEV + QA environments which are in different
>> domains that are not trusted by our prod domain (but do trust it). We
>> have configured all our Report Servers to run under prod domain service
>> accounts to get around this issue (because when testing subscriptions,
>> developers will still be using their prod accounts and it seems that it
>> is the subscription owner account that was failing to be resolved)
>
File Share Delivery Failing
Failure writing file Test.pdf : A logon error occurred when attempting to access the file share. The user account or password is not valid.
An in ReportServerService<dateTime>.log, I find the following error:
ReportingServicesService!library!10!08/22/2007-16:17:08:: e ERROR: Throwing Microsoft.ReportingServices.FileShareDeliveryProvider.FileShareProvider+NetworkErrorException: A logon error occurred when attempting to access the file share. The user account or password is not valid., A logon error occurred when attempting to access the file share. The user account or password is not valid.;
Info: Microsoft.ReportingServices.FileShareDeliveryProvider.FileShareProvider+NetworkErrorException: A logon error occurred when attempting to access the file share. The user account or password is not valid. > System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x8007052E): Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007052E)
at System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHRInternal(Int32 errorCode, IntPtr errorInfo)
at RSRemoteRpcClient.RemoteLogon.GetRemoteImpToken(String pRPCEndpointName, Int32 type, Guid dataSourceId, String pUserName, String pDomain, String pPassword)
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.FileShareDeliveryProvider.FileShareProvider.GetImpersonationToken(String userName, String domain, String userPwd)
End of inner exception stack trace
ReportingServicesService!subscription!10!08/22/2007-16:17:08:: Microsoft.ReportingServices.FileShareDeliveryProvider.FileShareProvider+NetworkErrorException: A logon error occurred when attempting to access the file share. The user account or password is not valid. > System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x8007052E): Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007052E)
at System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHRInternal(Int32 errorCode, IntPtr errorInfo)
at RSRemoteRpcClient.RemoteLogon.GetRemoteImpToken(String pRPCEndpointName, Int32 type, Guid dataSourceId, String pUserName, String pDomain, String pPassword)
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.FileShareDeliveryProvider.FileShareProvider.GetImpersonationToken(String userName, String domain, String userPwd)
End of inner exception stack trace
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.FileShareDeliveryProvider.FileShareProvider.GetImpersonationToken(String userName, String domain, String userPwd)
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.FileShareDeliveryProvider.FileShareProvider.SaveReport(Notification notification, SubscriptionData d)
ReportingServicesService!subscription!10!08/22/2007-16:17:08:: i INFO: Error writing file Test.pdf to path \\mrhowell\SYS\junk\josh
I have tried using the <domain>\<user> username syntax. I have tried sending to multiple different machines. The only deployment that succeeded was to \\localhost\c$\test with administrator credentials entered into the Subscription (unacceptable, of course).
I've seen this issue raised on this forum at least twice, and neither was met with any ideas or answers. Has anyone encountered and overcome this issue?
I'm having the exact same issue...if you get any sort of response please let me know.
|||Are you using the development edition? I think you can only use localhost on that.
File Share Delivery Failing
Failure writing file Test.pdf : A logon error occurred when attempting to access the file share. The user account or password is not valid.
An in ReportServerService<dateTime>.log, I find the following error:
ReportingServicesService!library!10!08/22/2007-16:17:08:: e ERROR: Throwing Microsoft.ReportingServices.FileShareDeliveryProvider.FileShareProvider+NetworkErrorException: A logon error occurred when attempting to access the file share. The user account or password is not valid., A logon error occurred when attempting to access the file share. The user account or password is not valid.;
Info: Microsoft.ReportingServices.FileShareDeliveryProvider.FileShareProvider+NetworkErrorException: A logon error occurred when attempting to access the file share. The user account or password is not valid. > System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x8007052E): Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007052E)
at System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHRInternal(Int32 errorCode, IntPtr errorInfo)
at RSRemoteRpcClient.RemoteLogon.GetRemoteImpToken(String pRPCEndpointName, Int32 type, Guid dataSourceId, String pUserName, String pDomain, String pPassword)
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.FileShareDeliveryProvider.FileShareProvider.GetImpersonationToken(String userName, String domain, String userPwd)
End of inner exception stack trace
ReportingServicesService!subscription!10!08/22/2007-16:17:08:: Microsoft.ReportingServices.FileShareDeliveryProvider.FileShareProvider+NetworkErrorException: A logon error occurred when attempting to access the file share. The user account or password is not valid. > System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x8007052E): Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007052E)
at System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHRInternal(Int32 errorCode, IntPtr errorInfo)
at RSRemoteRpcClient.RemoteLogon.GetRemoteImpToken(String pRPCEndpointName, Int32 type, Guid dataSourceId, String pUserName, String pDomain, String pPassword)
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.FileShareDeliveryProvider.FileShareProvider.GetImpersonationToken(String userName, String domain, String userPwd)
End of inner exception stack trace
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.FileShareDeliveryProvider.FileShareProvider.GetImpersonationToken(String userName, String domain, String userPwd)
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.FileShareDeliveryProvider.FileShareProvider.SaveReport(Notification notification, SubscriptionData d)
ReportingServicesService!subscription!10!08/22/2007-16:17:08:: i INFO: Error writing file Test.pdf to path \\mrhowell\SYS\junk\josh
I have tried using the <domain>\<user> username syntax. I have tried sending to multiple different machines. The only deployment that succeeded was to \\localhost\c$\test with administrator credentials entered into the Subscription (unacceptable, of course).
I've seen this issue raised on this forum at least twice, and neither was met with any ideas or answers. Has anyone encountered and overcome this issue?
I'm having the exact same issue...if you get any sort of response please let me know.
File Share Delivery Error
Well when the users create a file share subscription and the subscription
launches they are getting the message "Failure writing file .pdf : Error
impersonating user." Thanks,
--
Andrew
MCSA,MCDBAThe error is stating that RS can not log on as the user that you configured
the subscription to use. It has nothing to do with the share permissions.
You should make sure that user can log onto the machine that RS is running
on.
--
-Daniel
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Andrew" <Andrew@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have given subscription access to a domain group in reporting services.
> Well when the users create a file share subscription and the subscription
> launches they are getting the message "Failure writing file .pdf : Error
> impersonating user." Thanks,
> --
> Andrew
> MCSA,MCDBA|||Daniel,
Thanks for the advice I discovered the only group granted log on locally
rights was the administrators group. Thanks again,
--
Andrew
MCSA,MCDBA
"Daniel Reib [MSFT]" wrote:
> The error is stating that RS can not log on as the user that you configured
> the subscription to use. It has nothing to do with the share permissions.
> You should make sure that user can log onto the machine that RS is running
> on.
> --
> -Daniel
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
> "Andrew" <Andrew@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6E473576-5F7A-430D-AB70-A0EB8A4C7C60@.microsoft.com...
> >I have given subscription access to a domain group in reporting services.
> > Well when the users create a file share subscription and the subscription
> > launches they are getting the message "Failure writing file .pdf : Error
> > impersonating user." Thanks,
> >
> > --
> > Andrew
> > MCSA,MCDBA
>
>
File share delivery
I am new to SQL 2005 Reporting Services. I have done the reports and now I
want to publish them to a folder in then local machine. I even tried that. I
created a subscription and when it is to rum gives an error "Unable to write
file <abc>, Report Server Configuration error, see log files for more
details". I am not able to understand the problem. Can any one of you please
help me what to do in this and get my problem sorted.
ThanksRajeev,
1. What does the log say? Did you look?
2. Did you specify a UNC path to the folder?
3. Did the user you set up for the subscription have rights to the folder?
--
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blog: http://sqlreportingservices.spaces.live.com/
"Rajeev" wrote:
> Hi All,
> I am new to SQL 2005 Reporting Services. I have done the reports and now I
> want to publish them to a folder in then local machine. I even tried that. I
> created a subscription and when it is to rum gives an error "Unable to write
> file <abc>, Report Server Configuration error, see log files for more
> details". I am not able to understand the problem. Can any one of you please
> help me what to do in this and get my problem sorted.
> Thanks|||Hi,
I think Your folder which contains report files having Readonly. Check it
out by opening Properties of folder and uncheck read only box
"Rajeev" wrote:
> Hi All,
> I am new to SQL 2005 Reporting Services. I have done the reports and now I
> want to publish them to a folder in then local machine. I even tried that. I
> created a subscription and when it is to rum gives an error "Unable to write
> file <abc>, Report Server Configuration error, see log files for more
> details". I am not able to understand the problem. Can any one of you please
> help me what to do in this and get my problem sorted.
> Thanks
File Share Data-Driven Subscription
Iâ'm trying to create File Share Data-Driven Subscription. Everything work
right, but when I set User and Password to the position â'Get the value from
databaseâ' some problems begin: the subscription stops working immediately, it
doesnâ't even try to generate report.
Can anybody help me?Yes, this is a known issue with RS. The credentials do not get encrypted
when the notification is created from the DD subscription, causing the
notification to fail. There is a work around, but it is not pretty. :)
Basically it required creating a subscription for each username/password
combo, each time you create it, find the encrypted values in the database
for the user name and password. Store these values in your table where your
DD subscription query is getting it's values. Obviously this won't work if
you can't change the values in the DD queries table.
This issue will be fixed in the next release of RS.
--
-Daniel
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"Boris" <frolovBA@.trytoguessHM.com> wrote in message
news:A7EE6253-C8C5-41B9-B9B8-E97219F10946@.microsoft.com...
> Hi.
> I'm trying to create File Share Data-Driven Subscription. Everything work
> right, but when I set User and Password to the position "Get the value
> from
> database" some problems begin: the subscription stops working immediately,
> it
> doesn't even try to generate report.
> Can anybody help me?
>
File Share Data Processing Extension Sample
sample that comes with SQL Server 2005 Beta. However, I tried everything
according to the documentation (build the sample, deploy it by modifying the
config files, etc.). Unfortunately, when I create a new report (using the
Report Wizard) in Visual Studio 2005, I still cannot see the File Share
Information.
Searching this newsgroup pointed me to this
http://blogs.msdn.com/bryanke/archive/2004/05/14/132110.aspx#148541
However, this does not help me either.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks a lot!
JennyHi Jenny,
Welcome to use MSDN Managed Newsgroup!
From your descriptions, I understood you would like to deploy
FsiDataExtension and then use it in the Report Manager. If I have
misunderstood your concern, please feel free to point it out.
Based on my knowledge, here is a sample in Reporting Services 2000 but I am
not sure whether it is available in SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services.
For SQL Server 2005's issue, please post the question in the link below
http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=sqlserver2005&sl
cid=us
For SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services, you could follow the steps below as
described in MSDN Online
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/RSAMPLES/ht
m/rss_sampleapps_v1_16g2.asp
- Copy Microsoft.Samples.ReportingServices.FsiDataExtension.dll to the
report server. The default location for report server extensions is
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\Reporting
Services\ReportServer\bin.
- Copy the assembly to Report Designer. The default location for
extensions for Report Designer is C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\80\Tools\ReportDesigner.
- Add the following entry to both the RSReportServer.config and
RSReportDesigner.config files under the Data element.
<Extension Name="FSI"
Type="Microsoft.Samples.ReportingServices.FsiDataExtension.FsiConnection,Mic
rosoft.Samples.ReportingServices.FsiDataExtension"/>
- To enable the generic query designer for the sample data processing
extension, add the following entry to the RSReportDesigner.config file
under the Designer element.
<Extension Name="FSI"
Type="Microsoft.ReportDesigner.Design.GenericQueryDesigner,Microsoft.Reporti
ngServices.Designer"/>
Thank you for your patience and cooperation. If you have any questions or
concerns, don't hesitate to let me know. We are always here to be of
assistance!
Sincerely yours,
Michael Cheng
Microsoft Online Partner Support
When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so
that others may learn and benefit from your issue.
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This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.|||Hi Michael
Thanks for the reply. Please see my questions inline. Thanks in advance!!
Jenny
"Michael Cheng [MSFT]" wrote:
> Hi Jenny,
> Welcome to use MSDN Managed Newsgroup!
> From your descriptions, I understood you would like to deploy
> FsiDataExtension and then use it in the Report Manager. If I have
> misunderstood your concern, please feel free to point it out.
Yes you're right.
> Based on my knowledge, here is a sample in Reporting Services 2000 but I am
> not sure whether it is available in SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services.
> For SQL Server 2005's issue, please post the question in the link below
> http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=sqlserver2005&sl
> cid=us
It's available and the steps look the same to me! Anyway, I have posted my
question in that beta newsgroup as well. Thanks!
> For SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services, you could follow the steps below as
> described in MSDN Online
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/RSAMPLES/ht
> m/rss_sampleapps_v1_16g2.asp
> - Copy Microsoft.Samples.ReportingServices.FsiDataExtension.dll to the
> report server. The default location for report server extensions is
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\Reporting
> Services\ReportServer\bin.
> - Copy the assembly to Report Designer. The default location for
> extensions for Report Designer is C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
> Server\80\Tools\ReportDesigner.
I interpreted 'Copy the assembly' as 'copy the dll' as in the previous step.
Is this correct?
> - Add the following entry to both the RSReportServer.config and
> RSReportDesigner.config files under the Data element.
> <Extension Name="FSI"
> Type="Microsoft.Samples.ReportingServices.FsiDataExtension.FsiConnection,Mic
> rosoft.Samples.ReportingServices.FsiDataExtension"/>
> - To enable the generic query designer for the sample data processing
> extension, add the following entry to the RSReportDesigner.config file
> under the Designer element.
> <Extension Name="FSI"
> Type="Microsoft.ReportDesigner.Design.GenericQueryDesigner,Microsoft.Reporti
> ngServices.Designer"/>
>
I did all the above plus the steps in 'To configure code access security for
the sample'. I didn't know where exactly to put the CodeGroup info in the
config files unfortunately. I have tried a few spots and none succeeds. :-(
> Thank you for your patience and cooperation. If you have any questions or
> concerns, don't hesitate to let me know. We are always here to be of
> assistance!
>|||Hi
For you questions
>>I interpreted 'Copy the assembly' as 'copy the dll' as in
>>the previous step. Is this correct?
Yes, I copied Microsoft.ReportingServices.Interfaces.dll from C:\Program
Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\Reporting
Services\Samples\Extensions\FsiDataExtension\cs\bin\Debug to the
destination.
>> I did all the above plus the steps in 'To configure code access security
for
>> the sample'. I didn't know where exactly to put the CodeGroup info in
the
>> config files unfortunately. I have tried a few spots and none succeeds.
:-(
snippet from my RSReportServer.config in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL\Reporting Services\ReportServer for your reference.
<Data>
<Extension Name="SQL"
Type="Microsoft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions.SqlConnectionWrapper,Micros
oft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions"/>
<Extension Name="OLEDB"
Type="Microsoft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions.OleDbConnectionWrapper,Micr
osoft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions"/>
<Extension Name="ORACLE"
Type="Microsoft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions.OracleClientConnectionWrapp
er,Microsoft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions"/>
<Extension Name="ODBC"
Type="Microsoft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions.OdbcConnectionWrapper,Micro
soft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions"/>
<Extension Name="FSI"
Type="Microsoft.Samples.ReportingServices.FsiDataExtension.FsiConnection,Mic
rosoft.Samples.ReportingServices.FsiDataExtension"/>
</Data>
snippet from my RSReportDesigner.config file in C:\Program Files\Microsoft
SQL Server\80\Tools\Report Designer for your reference.
<Data>
<Extension Name="SQL"
Type="Microsoft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions.SqlConnectionWrapper,Micros
oft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions" />
<Extension Name="OLEDB"
Type="Microsoft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions.OleDbConnectionWrapper,Micr
osoft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions"/>
<Extension Name="ORACLE"
Type="Microsoft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions.OracleClientConnectionWrapp
er,Microsoft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions"/>
<Extension Name="ODBC"
Type="Microsoft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions.OdbcConnectionWrapper,Micro
soft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions"/>
<Extension Name="FSI"
Type="Microsoft.Samples.ReportingServices.FsiDataExtension.FsiConnection,Mic
rosoft.Samples.ReportingServices.FsiDataExtension"/>
</Data>
<Designer>
<Extension Name="SQL"
Type="Microsoft.ReportDesigner.Design.VDTQueryDesigner,Microsoft.ReportingSe
rvices.Designer"/>
<Extension Name="OLEDB"
Type="Microsoft.ReportDesigner.Design.VDTQueryDesigner,Microsoft.ReportingSe
rvices.Designer"/>
<Extension Name="ORACLE"
Type="Microsoft.ReportDesigner.Design.VDTQueryDesigner,Microsoft.ReportingSe
rvices.Designer"/>
<Extension Name="ODBC"
Type="Microsoft.ReportDesigner.Design.VDTQueryDesigner,Microsoft.ReportingSe
rvices.Designer"/>
<Extension Name="FSI"
Type="Microsoft.ReportDesigner.Design.GenericQueryDesigner,Microsoft.Reporti
ngServices.Designer"/>
</Designer>
If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to let me know. We
are always here to be of assistance!
Sincerely yours,
Michael Cheng
Microsoft Online Partner Support
When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so
that others may learn and benefit from your issue.
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Thank you for your help, but what I wanted was where to put the following
code group info in both the rssrvpolicy.config and rspreviewpolicy.config.
<CodeGroup class="UnionCodeGroup"
version="1"
PermissionSetName="FullTrust"
Name="FSICodeGroup"
Description="Code group for my FSI data processing extension">
<IMembershipCondition class="UrlMembershipCondition"
version="1"
Url="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting
Services\ReportServer\bin\Microsoft.Samples.ReportingServices.FsiDataExtension.dll"
/>
</CodeGroup>
Thanks again and I appreciate your help!
Jenny
"Michael Cheng [MSFT]" wrote:
> Hi
> For you questions
> >>I interpreted 'Copy the assembly' as 'copy the dll' as in
> >>the previous step. Is this correct?
> Yes, I copied Microsoft.ReportingServices.Interfaces.dll from C:\Program
> Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\Reporting
> Services\Samples\Extensions\FsiDataExtension\cs\bin\Debug to the
> destination.
> >> I did all the above plus the steps in 'To configure code access security
> for
> >> the sample'. I didn't know where exactly to put the CodeGroup info in
> the
> >> config files unfortunately. I have tried a few spots and none succeeds.
> :-(
> snippet from my RSReportServer.config in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
> Server\MSSQL\Reporting Services\ReportServer for your reference.
> <Data>
> <Extension Name="SQL"
> Type="Microsoft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions.SqlConnectionWrapper,Micros
> oft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions"/>
> <Extension Name="OLEDB"
> Type="Microsoft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions.OleDbConnectionWrapper,Micr
> osoft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions"/>
> <Extension Name="ORACLE"
> Type="Microsoft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions.OracleClientConnectionWrapp
> er,Microsoft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions"/>
> <Extension Name="ODBC"
> Type="Microsoft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions.OdbcConnectionWrapper,Micro
> soft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions"/>
> <Extension Name="FSI"
> Type="Microsoft.Samples.ReportingServices.FsiDataExtension.FsiConnection,Mic
> rosoft.Samples.ReportingServices.FsiDataExtension"/>
> </Data>
> snippet from my RSReportDesigner.config file in C:\Program Files\Microsoft
> SQL Server\80\Tools\Report Designer for your reference.
> <Data>
> <Extension Name="SQL"
> Type="Microsoft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions.SqlConnectionWrapper,Micros
> oft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions" />
> <Extension Name="OLEDB"
> Type="Microsoft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions.OleDbConnectionWrapper,Micr
> osoft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions"/>
> <Extension Name="ORACLE"
> Type="Microsoft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions.OracleClientConnectionWrapp
> er,Microsoft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions"/>
> <Extension Name="ODBC"
> Type="Microsoft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions.OdbcConnectionWrapper,Micro
> soft.ReportingServices.DataExtensions"/>
> <Extension Name="FSI"
> Type="Microsoft.Samples.ReportingServices.FsiDataExtension.FsiConnection,Mic
> rosoft.Samples.ReportingServices.FsiDataExtension"/>
> </Data>
> <Designer>
> <Extension Name="SQL"
> Type="Microsoft.ReportDesigner.Design.VDTQueryDesigner,Microsoft.ReportingSe
> rvices.Designer"/>
> <Extension Name="OLEDB"
> Type="Microsoft.ReportDesigner.Design.VDTQueryDesigner,Microsoft.ReportingSe
> rvices.Designer"/>
> <Extension Name="ORACLE"
> Type="Microsoft.ReportDesigner.Design.VDTQueryDesigner,Microsoft.ReportingSe
> rvices.Designer"/>
> <Extension Name="ODBC"
> Type="Microsoft.ReportDesigner.Design.VDTQueryDesigner,Microsoft.ReportingSe
> rvices.Designer"/>
> <Extension Name="FSI"
> Type="Microsoft.ReportDesigner.Design.GenericQueryDesigner,Microsoft.Reporti
> ngServices.Designer"/>
> </Designer>
> If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to let me know. We
> are always here to be of assistance!
>
> Sincerely yours,
> Michael Cheng
> Microsoft Online Partner Support
> When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so
> that others may learn and benefit from your issue.
> =====================================================> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
>|||Oh I see! Thanks for your help. I finally see the File Share Extension in
the list, but when I want to do more with that, I got this error:
"The designer extension FSI could not be loaded. Check the configuration
file RSReportDesigner.config." [OK]
Am I still missing something?
Thanks a lot!
Jenny
"Michael Cheng [MSFT]" wrote:
> Hi Jenny,
> I have attached rssrvpolicy.config and rspreviewpolicy.config for your
> reference.
> Put the <CodeGroup > like other <CodeGroup> does will be OK. Something like
> this
> <CodeGroup
> class="UnionCodeGroup"
> version="1"
> PermissionSetName="FullTrust"
> Name="Dundas_Strong_Name"
> Description="This code group grants
> Dundas assemblies. ">
> <IMembershipCondition
> class="StrongNameMembershipCondition"
> version="1"
> PublicKeyBlob="0024000004800000940000000602000000240000525341310004000001000
> 10043D98F8A9067EF3BCD442ADE2DD48CC6A6FACBCEB1C42DE2847B0A464096C02EEBF6FD87E
> 3889BEED32B9ABD1525A11A282232CD4C46CC8123F8CC08A113CD435429646220969FF444734
> 8D1C21874670834C7A7E89EA8956FC00E0F84FD3DF6FB3EBF21774438AF9E760414FDE06BC2C
> 3AF35FF3DD87578630ED13FE12CBDBC"
> />
> </CodeGroup>
> <CodeGroup class="UnionCodeGroup"
> version="1"
> PermissionSetName="FullTrust"
> Name="FSICodeGroup"
> Description="Code group for my FSI data processing extension">
> <IMembershipCondition class="UrlMembershipCondition"
> version="1"
> Url="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
> Server\80\Tools\ReportDesigner\bin\Microsoft.Samples.ReportingServices.FsiDa
> taExtension.dll"
> />
> </CodeGroup>
> Thank you for your patience and cooperation. If you have any questions or
> concerns, don't hesitate to let me know. We are always here to be of
> assistance!
>
> Sincerely yours,
> Michael Cheng
> Microsoft Online Partner Support
> When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so
> that others may learn and benefit from your issue.
> =====================================================> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights|||Actually, I have figured it out. I got the Assembly name wrong. Once I
fixed it, I could see it in the list and load it as well. The report preview
looks good too. :-)
Unfortunately, I couldn't deploy the report. The Report Server cannot be
started for unknown reasons. When I browse http://localhost/ReportServer,
the error is
"The report server has encountered a configuration error. See the report
server log files for more information. (rsServerConfigurationError) "
What did I do wrong? I have tried re-setting these config files but it
still doesn't work. :-(
rssrvpolicy.config
rsreportserver.config
Please help!! Thanks!!
Jenny
"Michael Cheng [MSFT]" wrote:
> Hi Jenny,
> I have attached rssrvpolicy.config and rspreviewpolicy.config for your
> reference.
> Put the <CodeGroup > like other <CodeGroup> does will be OK. Something like
> this
> <CodeGroup
> class="UnionCodeGroup"
> version="1"
> PermissionSetName="FullTrust"
> Name="Dundas_Strong_Name"
> Description="This code group grants
> Dundas assemblies. ">
> <IMembershipCondition
> class="StrongNameMembershipCondition"
> version="1"
> PublicKeyBlob="0024000004800000940000000602000000240000525341310004000001000
> 10043D98F8A9067EF3BCD442ADE2DD48CC6A6FACBCEB1C42DE2847B0A464096C02EEBF6FD87E
> 3889BEED32B9ABD1525A11A282232CD4C46CC8123F8CC08A113CD435429646220969FF444734
> 8D1C21874670834C7A7E89EA8956FC00E0F84FD3DF6FB3EBF21774438AF9E760414FDE06BC2C
> 3AF35FF3DD87578630ED13FE12CBDBC"
> />
> </CodeGroup>
> <CodeGroup class="UnionCodeGroup"
> version="1"
> PermissionSetName="FullTrust"
> Name="FSICodeGroup"
> Description="Code group for my FSI data processing extension">
> <IMembershipCondition class="UrlMembershipCondition"
> version="1"
> Url="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
> Server\80\Tools\ReportDesigner\bin\Microsoft.Samples.ReportingServices.FsiDa
> taExtension.dll"
> />
> </CodeGroup>
> Thank you for your patience and cooperation. If you have any questions or
> concerns, don't hesitate to let me know. We are always here to be of
> assistance!
>
> Sincerely yours,
> Michael Cheng
> Microsoft Online Partner Support
> When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so
> that others may learn and benefit from your issue.
> =====================================================> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights|||Hi Jenny,
The error message seems to indicate that you do not set congifuration file
rssrvpolicy.config and rsreportserver.config correctly. Please double check
configuration files again and my attachment file is just a sample file for
your reference. You cannot use them directly.
Sincerely yours,
Michael Cheng
Microsoft Online Partner Support
When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so
that others may learn and benefit from your issue.
=====================================================
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file share
i do not get any errors, but i do not see my reports in the shared folder.
here is my configuraiton table
title ext folder render username pwd write
param1 param2
19051, pdf, \\sqlrpt2\krbi ,NULL ,kr_net\pfuller, rewt, NULL, 19051 ,
12/31/2005
18629 ,pdf ,\\sqlrpt2\krbi ,NULL, kr_net\pfuller ,rewt , NULL , 18629 ,
12/31/2005
writemode is static at overwrite
render is static at acrobati have some more informatino.
here is the log message...
"eportingServicesService!crypto!178c!02/01/2006-16:09:04:: e ERROR:
DBUnProtectData failed: System.FormatException: Invalid character in a
Base-64 string.
at System.Convert.FromBase64String(String s)
at
Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.DataProtection.DBUnprotectData(String
data)
ReportingServicesService!crypto!178c!02/01/2006-16:09:04:: i INFO: Current
user: NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE
ReportingServicesService!notification!178c!02/01/2006-16:09:04:: e ERROR:
Error occured processing notification. Invalid character in a Base-64
string.
ReportingServicesService!library!178c!02/01/2006-16:09:04:: Data Driven
Notification for activation id ddbec942-54ac-4709-b7f9-3bc73952f662 was
saved.
ReportingServicesService!library!178c!02/01/2006-16:09:04:: Status: Invalid
character in a Base-64 string.
"
"Pete Fuller" <pfuller@.kirbyrisk.com> wrote in message
news:ekaFpY0JGHA.3144@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> hi
> i do not get any errors, but i do not see my reports in the shared folder.
> here is my configuraiton table
> title ext folder render username pwd write
> param1 param2
> 19051, pdf, \\sqlrpt2\krbi ,NULL ,kr_net\pfuller, rewt, NULL, 19051 ,
> 12/31/2005
> 18629 ,pdf ,\\sqlrpt2\krbi ,NULL, kr_net\pfuller ,rewt , NULL , 18629 ,
> 12/31/2005
> writemode is static at overwrite
> render is static at acrobat
>
file share
I'm doing a little reading on MS Sql Server and they talk about how
you can connect to the sql server through a named pipe.
I'm guessing that a file share means a specific service running on a
server. Is this correct?
The book says the following:
When you connect to a file share you use a Universal Naming Convention
path to a file server: \\FILESERVER\Sharename.
To connect to a named pipe, you connect to a share of the form:
\\COMPUTER\pipe\sql\query
Thanks Hope you can clear this up for me.nick (cupofjava1961@.aol.com) writes:
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Can someone please tell me what is meant by a file share?
A file share is a directory to which access have been opened to users
on other machines. You can set up a file share on your machine, by right-
clicking a directory in Explorer and select Sharing and Security. (In
Windows XP.)
Quote:
Originally Posted by
The book says the following:
When you connect to a file share you use a Universal Naming Convention
path to a file server: \\FILESERVER\Sharename.
Yes, this the syntax to refer to a disk on a different computer, although
it is also possible to map a drive letter to a remote disk.
All this has very little to do with SQL Server, but is common knowledge
about Windows.
--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se
Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...oads/books.mspx
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodin...ions/books.mspx|||On Feb 25, 6:25 pm, Erland Sommarskog <esq...@.sommarskog.sewrote:
Quote:
Originally Posted by
nick (cupofjava1...@.aol.com) writes:
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Can someone please tell me what is meant by a file share?
>
A file share is a directory to which access have been opened to users
on other machines. You can set up a file share on your machine, by right-
clicking a directory in Explorer and select Sharing and Security. (In
Windows XP.)
>
Quote:
Originally Posted by
The book says the following:
When you connect to a file share you use a Universal Naming Convention
path to a file server: \\FILESERVER\Sharename.
>
Yes, this the syntax to refer to a disk on a different computer, although
it is also possible to map a drive letter to a remote disk.
>
All this has very little to do with SQL Server, but is common knowledge
about Windows.
>
--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esq...@.sommarskog.se
>
Books Online for SQL Server 2005 athttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/downloads/books...
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 athttp://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/previousversions/books.mspx
No Erland,
This is completely the wrong answer. Some people should not attempt to
answer questions that they have absolutely no answer for. At any rate,
a shared pipe has more to do with a Unix client/odbc connection to a
MS-SQL server using Unix socket/lock files. Anyone who really needs to
know the answer to this can take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_file_types
... perhaps this will give some of you something to look at.
HTH,
Carl Tegeder
MS-SQL MVP
Advanced Master MS-SQL Administrator