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Re: Linked server to Access MDB

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From	"ron paii" <none@nospam.com>
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Subject	Re: Linked server to Access MDB
Date	Thu, 5 May 2011 06:56:57 -0500
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"Erland Sommarskog" <esquel@sommarskog.se> wrote in message 
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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.
>
>
> -- 
> 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
>

Is there any issues with running it under a Domain account?

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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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