Seems like the context in which your merge agent is running does not have
access to the snapshot folder. If you are using SQL Server Agent to start
the merge agent, make sure SQL Server Agent is starting up using a domain
account that has access to the snapshot folder.
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Sincerely,
Tom Michaels
Microsoft Corporation
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[quoted text, click to view] "Narine" <narinep@siu.edu> wrote in message
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> I am using merge replication in mixed mode authentication
> and I am receiving this error when I try to syncronize:
>
> The schema script '\\TLCDATA1\C$\Program Files\Microsoft
> SQL Server\MSSQL$NetSDK\ReplData\unc\TLCDATA1
> $NETSDK_TLCProjectSQL_TLCProjectSQL\20031013113004
> \Instruments_1.sch' could not be propagated to the
> subscriber.
> (Source: Merge Replication Provider (Agent); Error
> number: -2147201001)
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> -----------------------------------------------------
> The process could not read file '\\TLCDATA1\C$\Program
> Files\Microsoft SQL
> Server\MSSQL$NetSDK\ReplData\unc\TLCDATA1
> $NETSDK_TLCProjectSQL_TLCProjectSQL\20031013113004
> \Instruments_1.sch' due to OS error 5.
> (Source: TELEHEALTH6\NETSDK (Agent); Error number: 0)
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Access is denied.
> (Source: (OS); Error number: 5)
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
> Please help if you can...
>
> Thank You