Hello: I forgot to say that the Windows 2003 server is not running a domain, it is using the WORKGROUP workgroup.
Thanks, Neil -- Neil Aggarwal, JAMM Consulting, (972)612-6056, www.JAMMConsulting.com FREE! Valuable info on how your business can reduce operating costs by 17% or more in 6 months or less! http://newsletter.JAMMConsulting.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Neil Aggarwal > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:13 PM > To: samba@lists.samba.org > Subject: [Samba] Permission problems writing to Share from SQL Agent > > > Hello: > > I have a client that is using MS SQL Server in a Windows 2003 > server. > > They have a Linux machine (Fedora Core 3) that is acting as a file > server using Samba. > > We want to write backups from the SQL Agent for SQL Server to > one of the shares on the Samba server. > > If I set the share to allow guest access, the SQL Agent > can write the backups just fine using \\Shares\SQLBackups\pubs.bak > but, if I require a user name and password, it gives me > permission denied (Which I expect because I don't know how > to give it the user name and password to use). > > I tried setting SQL Agent to use the Administrator account > and then mounted the share to Y: using the user name and > password I assigned, but when I try backing up to Y:, > I get that it could not find y:\pubs.bak > > Has anyone set up SQL Agent to write to a Samba share > before? Where/how do I give it the user name and password > to use? > > Thanks, > Neil > > -- > Neil Aggarwal, JAMM Consulting, (972)612-6056, www.JAMMConsulting.com > FREE! Valuable info on how your business can reduce operating costs by > 17% or more in 6 months or less! http://newsletter.JAMMConsulting.com > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba