Kerberos...even if that was not your intention. This is more of an Active
"DBA72" <DBA72@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> "Kevin3NF" wrote:
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>> A domain admin will need to create an SPN for the SQL Server service
>> manually using SetSPN or ADSI (I think)
>>
>> Local system or domain admin starting sql does this
>> automatically...domain
>> user does not
>>
>> --
>> Kevin Hill
>> 3NF Consulting
>>
http://www.3nf-inc.com/NewsGroups.htm >>
>> Real-world stuff I run across with SQL Server:
>>
http://kevin3nf.blogspot.com >>
>>
>> "DBA72" <DBA72@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> > It is starting with a domain user account.
>> >
>> > "Kevin3NF" wrote:
>> >
>> >> What is SQL Server service starting as...local system, domain user or
>> >> domain
>> >> admin?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Kevin Hill
>> >> 3NF Consulting
>> >>
http://www.3nf-inc.com/NewsGroups.htm >> >>
>> >> Real-world stuff I run across with SQL Server:
>> >>
http://kevin3nf.blogspot.com >> >>
>> >>
>> >> "DBA72" <DBA72@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:65AFAA64-4847-4034-8745-211ED18ACB0E@microsoft.com...
>> >> > We have a situation for which I have been trying to find an
>> >> > explanation
>> >> > for
>> >> > over a week. A windows 2005 SP1 server which previously ran in
>> >> > Windows
>> >> > authentication only suddenly caused "cannot generate sspi context"
>> >> > errors
>> >> > after we switched it to mixed authentication mode.
>> >> >
>> >> > -SQL service is running with domain account not trusted for
>> >> > delegation
>> >> > -We have checked for invalid SPNs in the domain and there are none
>> >> > registered for the SQL Service on this machine
>> >> > -TCP/IP protocol is enabled on the server
>> >> > -Named Pipes connections work fine
>> >> > -After switching back to Windows authentication and clearing the
>> >> > ticket
>> >> > cache the problem dissapears
>> >> >
>> >> > If I understand correctly. The default authentication protocol used
>> >> > over
>> >> > tcp/ip when connecting to SQL Server is Kerberos but if the client
>> >> > cannot
>> >> > find a valid SPN for the SQL Service on the server then it should
>> >> > fall
>> >> > back
>> >> > to NTLM. For some reason however, this is not happening as it
>> >> > should.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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> Kevin,
> I think you would be right if I was trying to use Kerberos but as I said,
> this is not enabled for the sql service account. What I want to do is use
> NTLM over tcp/ip