new installation question

I've installed MSDE on a W2000 machine and want to set up an ODBC connection
to it from an XP machine using an IP address and specifying a port. How do
I determine the login and password I need to use to make the connection?
Thanks...Hi,
First , you have to enable TCP/IP protocol from MDE server.
From command prompt of server execute (Server Network Utility) :-
svrnetcn.exe
Here, You can enable the TCPIP protocol
By default MSDE only support Windows authentication. So try creating an ODBC
using a Domain id. Ensure that domain user has got access to SQL Server.
By default users of local administrator group will have access. Have a look
into books online for the below procedures to give preevilages:-
1. sp_grantlogin
2. sp_grantdbaccess
Have a look into below link to identify for connectivity issues:-
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...kb;en-us;827422
Thanks
Hari
MCDBA
"Jeff" <jstemper@.wi.rr.com> wrote in message
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> I've installed MSDE on a W2000 machine and want to set up an ODBC
connection to it from an XP machine using an IP address and specifying a
port. How do I determine the login and password I need to use to make the
connection?
> Thanks...|||Jeff,
if you are using trusted security, then there won't be a requirement for a
login and password. If you are using SQL Server security, then you just need
to create a SQL Server login on MSDE and incorporate its details in the
connectionstring. I'm guessing here, but it may be that your question is
wider and you want to know generally about administering the MSDE
installation. SQL Server client tools from any other box could be used to
administer it. Just make sure that the box which is using the client tools
uses trusted security, and the windows login on this box is in the local
administrators group on the MSDE machine. To cheaply set this up, you could
use the Developer Edition to get the client tools. Some people talk about
using the Evaluation client tools although the legality of this is dubious -
you'd have to check this out with MS.
HTH,
Paul Ibison