Make sure the request is going over TCP rather than named pipes. The latter
'(' Jeff A. Stucker
"Simon" <Simon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> The two domains do not trust each other and the Network guys have no
> intention of changing this. However when i try and link the server with
> username and password I still can`t connect to run a query on the linked
> server.
>
> Si
>
> "Mike Epprecht (SQL MVP)" wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Unless you have a trust relationship between the 2 domains, you need to
>> use
>> a SQL Server login for the linked server.
>>
>> Regards
>> --------------------------------
>> Mike Epprecht, Microsoft SQL Server MVP
>> Zurich, Switzerland
>>
>> IM: mike@epprecht.net
>>
>> MVP Program:
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp >>
>> Blog:
http://www.msmvps.com/epprecht/ >>
>> "Simon" <Simon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:89D3E5FE-EA5E-458F-B0FB-F91E1E8467D9@microsoft.com...
>> > Can you create linked SQL servers across domains ? If so do you need to
>> > do
>> > something different from a normal linked server ?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > Si
>>
>>
>>