A Strong SA Password Is Required For Security Reasons?
Apr 3, 2005
When I try to install SQL Server I get the follwing message when I click on the installation file :
A strong SA password is required for security
reasons.
Please use SAPWD
switch to supply the same. Refer to readme
for more details.
Setup will now exit.
I've checked the readme but can't really find any info on how to fix this.
I don't know what password this SA password is nor how to change it.
Can anyone help me out?
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Aug 12, 2006
how do I disable "strong password required"??? because I want to allow to add a user with the config-tool with no strong password
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Jun 3, 2008
Hi folks.
I just tried to perform the install of SQLServer 2005 Express on a Win 2003 SP2 machine and the install failed with the rejection of the SA password. Currently, our pwd is 1 uppercase letter, 4 lowercase letters and 1 number for a total of 6 characters. Other installations on Win 2003 SP1 have worked fine in the past. I read in a recent version of Books Online that the SA pwd guidelines might have recently changed and that 8 characters might now be required.
My question is: do these new 8 character guidelines apply only to the sa pwd or to all logins?
Thanks!
Mike
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Jul 23, 2005
I urgently need tom use SP3a upgrade the instance of SQLServer200MSDE runing on my local machine but I am having problems in doing so.My first problem is that when I start the set up procedure I get themessage"A strong SA password is required for security reasons. Please useSAPWD switch to supply the same"Currently the sa password isAbc/def/ghk1Which I think is a 'strong password' according to the microsoft rulesathttp://www.microsoft.com/resources/...sword_tips.mspxI would be grateful if someone could confirm that Abc/def/ghk1 is astrong password.If anyone could point me to some published informal help on installingSP3a then that would also be very helpful (I do of course have the MSread me file). If anyone has a sample command line entry for theupdating then I would find that extremely useful. There is oneinstance of MSDE on my machine, named NetSDK.Best wishes, John Morgan
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May 1, 2006
Hello,
I am attempting to upgrade an MSDE SP4 named instance to SQL Express SP1 and it is failing with a message that I must use Windows Authentication to continue the upgrade. The thing that I noticed is that when I specify an '@' sign in my sa password the upgrade fails, but if I specify a "#' sign instead the upgrade runs successfully.
The strong password rules appear to be that
1) the password must be greater than 8 characters
2) at least one character must be from 3 out of 4 of the following:
a) lower case characters
b) upper case characters
c) numeric
d) special characters (non-alphanumeric)
If I install the MSDE SP4 named instance with the password abcd@ABCD the upgrade to SQL Express SP1 fails with the message above. If I install the MSDE SP4 named instance with password abcd#ABCD the upgrade works.
The command I am using to install the MSDE instance is
"setup.exe INSTANCENAME=<instance> SAPWD=<password> SECURITYMODE=SQL"
To upgrade to SQL Express SP1 the command is
"setup.exe UPGRADE=SQL_Engine INSTANCENAME=<instance> SECURITYMODE=SQL" which fails when the sa password contains the "@".
Any help with this issue would be appreciated.
Thanks
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Oct 19, 2006
Is this possible to do during installation of express ? Is it possible at all ?
Want to use sql security mode (mixed). I need to build a trial version of software package and want real simple sql server passwords.
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For security reasons DTD is prohibited in this XML document. To enable DTD processing set the ProhibitDtd property on XmlReaderSettings to false and pass the settings into XmlReader.Create method.
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I have seen one other post about this and using IP addressing rather that DNS names - I am using DNS.
I have a large report that runs fine in report manager, but as soon as I try and export it to Excel it takes an age to run and I get the above error.
Any ideas anyone?
Oh, and I export loads of other reports to Excel with no problems on the same server.
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I am getting this error while running a very large dataset. Please help..
The full description of the error is : "For security reasons DTD is prohibited in this XML document. To enable DTD processing set the ProhibitDtd property on XmlReaderSettings to false and pass the settings into XmlReader.Create method."
I am having hard time figuring out a solution for this. I am using sql 05, SSRS 05, Report viewer
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Jan 10, 2007
When we develop with the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Service.
We got the exception on some reports.
For security reasons DTD is prohibited in this XML document. To enable DTD processing set the ProhibitDtd property on
XmlReaderSettings to false and pass the settings into XmlReader.Create method.
Ther report renders well first time, but if we click the title to sort the report, it will throw the exception.
And It occurred that we use IE6 and IE7 to view the report at same time, but if we use the same version brower, there are no exception.
Can somebody help me?
My development€™s environment :
Windows XP English Professional + SP2
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Development version + SP 1 + SP 2
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Version 8.0.50727.51 (QFE.050727-5100) + SP1
Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0.50727
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This error comes up in the print preview and nothing prints.
We are using VS-2005, SQL 2005 and SSRS 2005.
We had the same problem yesterday , so we have reinstalled IIS, .Net Framework 2.0 and Reporting Services, then reconfigured RS security, uploaded all the reports and enabled remote errors. After doing everything this error was gone and we were operating pretty fine.
Suddenly just we started getting the same annoying message."ROOT ELEMENT MISSING" from Report Server and from Report Manager we have "
For security reasons DTD is prohibited in this XML document. To enable DTD processing set the ProhibitDtd property on XmlReaderSettings to false and pass the settings into XmlReader.Create method. "
Please Help. I need to fix this ASAP.
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Mar 29, 2007
I do a clean install of SQL Server + RS + SP1 with standard setup on Windows Server 2003. I create a simple report (select * from aTable). This report (actually any report) shows the error message "For security reasons DTD is prohibited in this XML document. To enable DTD processing set the ProhibitDtd property on XmlReaderSettings to false and pass the settings into XmlReader.Create method."
This has to do with security settings in Windows Server 2003. On Windows XP everything works fine.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Edit: The reports do work in the preview tab in BIDS.
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Hello,
I have a package that contains an ADO.NET connection mananger using an ODBC provider. There is a user name and password configured in the connection mananger. The connection is to a DB2 database.
I install the package on SSIS by setting the package ProtectionLevel to ServerStorage. I then save the package to the server using FileSave Copy of (package name), and save it to the server. I also set the protection level there to use server storage.
When I enable package configurations (SQL Server), the package fails when run by a Job. In the log, I get the following error message from the DataReader source that uses the connection manager:
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System.Data.Odbc.OdbcException: ERROR [08001] [IBM][CLI Driver] SQL30082N Security processing failed with reason "3" ("PASSWORD MISSING"). SQLSTATE=08001 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper.IDTSConnectionManager90.AcquireConnection(Object pTransaction) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.DataReaderSourceAdapter.AcquireConnections(Object transaction) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.ManagedComponentHost.HostAcquireConnections(IDTSManagedComponentWrapper90 wrapper, Object transaction)
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The DataReader fails validation. When I disable package configurations, the Job executes the package without a problem. The server that the package runs on is 64 bit.
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Thank you for your help!
cdun2
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hi
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May 22, 2006
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I have downloaded and installed Visual Basic 2005 Express, Web Developer 2005 Express, and SQL Server 2005 Express. I have watched several hours of video tutorials and done numerous tutorials. I feel I am making progress and having a lot of fun. My machine is running XP home edition.
I have found the following resource that looks like a good place for me to start with creating a full text search program:
€œSQL Server 2005 Books Online
Item Finder Sample
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms160844.aspx
However I am stuck at the beginning with trying to €œgenerate a strong name key file.€? I don€™t know how to €œopen a command prompt€? (I did confess to being a Newbie!!). I searched the database for this forum and found a relevant thread stating that €œSQLCMD is the command-line utility for SQL Server and is included with SQL Server 2005 Express Edition.€? I found the SQLCMD program on my computer but when I opened it, it does appear to provide the options listed below in the tutorial (i.e., €œclick start,€? €œPoint to all programs,€? etc.).
Initially here is what I need based on the first section of the tutorial:
Building the Sample
If you have not already created a strong name key file, generate the key file using the following instructions.
To generate a strong name key file
Open a Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 command prompt. ClickStart, point toAll Programs, point toMicrosoft .NET Framework SDK 2.0, and then clickSDK Command Prompt.
-- or --
Open a Microsoft .NET Framework command prompt. ClickStart, point toAll Programs, point toMicrosoft .NET Framework SDK 2.0, and then clickSDK Command Prompt.
Use the change directory command (CD) to change the current directory of the command prompt window to the folder where the samples are installed.
Note:
To determine the folder where samples are located, click theStartbutton, point toAll Programs, point toMicrosoft SQL Server 2005, point toDocumentation and Tutorials, and then clickSamples Directory. If the default installation location was used, the samples are located in <system_drive>:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server90Samples.
At the command prompt, run the following command to generate the key file:
sn -k SampleKey.snk
Important:
For more information about the strong-name key pair, see "Security Briefs: Strong Names and Security in the .NET Framework" in the .NET Development Center on MSDN.
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