hi, you say it works okay with NTRadPing and that when you use an entry in users file it works...however in the log you supplied its still matching an entry in the users file - and the server is then happy to use that matching entry rather than one in the DB. the log you posted also shows that it is attempting to use the files method...and that the match told it to use Local authentication..the database query is then superfluous.
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