Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Erland Sommarskog Newsgroups: comp.databases.ms-sqlserver Subject: Re: Linked server to Access MDB Date: Wed, 04 May 2011 23:37:46 +0200 Organization: Erland Sommarskog Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="DD6dU+BfJNjsjSP4/K/V7w"; logging-data="12449"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/RBENnnBtCDcldyLBNE8Wd" User-Agent: Xnews/2006.08.24 Mime-proxy/2.1.c.0 (Win32) Cancel-Lock: sha1:XhDkFsm4UVrbBdAbk9dmqWuLrE4= Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.databases.ms-sqlserver:282 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. -- Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se Links for SQL Server Books Online: SQL 2008: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/cc514207.aspx SQL 2005: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/bb895970.aspx