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Re: Linked server to Access MDB

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ron paii (none@nospam.com) writes:
> I am trying to create a Linked Server from MS SQL server Management Studio
> to a MDB file on a 2nd Server.
> Using Windows authentication I can query a remote table in the Studio
> but not from a remote application. Using SQL authentication I get the
> following error "Cannot start your application. The workgroup
> information file is missing or opened exclusively by another user." If
> the MDB file is moved to the C: drive of the SQL server, everything
> works, using both authentication methods. There is no security setup on
> the MDB file. 
> SQL server is NOT using a Domain account.
 
That is probably the problem. If SQL Server runs under LocalSystem or
somesuch, there is usually not access rights to remote shares.


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Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

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Linked server to Access MDB "ron paii" <none@nospam.com> - 2011-05-04 12:36 -0500
  Re: Linked server to Access MDB Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2011-05-04 23:37 +0200
    Re: Linked server to Access MDB "ron paii" <none@nospam.com> - 2011-05-05 06:56 -0500
      Re: Linked server to Access MDB Henk van den Berg <hvandenberg@xs4all.nl> - 2011-05-05 16:37 +0200
        Re: Linked server to Access MDB "ron paii" <none@nospam.com> - 2011-05-05 13:30 -0500
          Re: Linked server to Access MDB "ron paii" <none@nospam.com> - 2011-05-06 14:51 -0500

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