Deploying A Website With User Authentication - Getting Errors
Nov 26, 2007
I have built a site that uses form-based authentication. Am I correct in assuming that the users and passwords will be stored in the SQLServer database in the aspnetdb.mdf file? The website works great and the authentication works how I want it to. However, I've tried to copy over the file onto a remote machine. The first page is a login screen and this is displayed without any problems but as soon as I attempt to log in I get an error message of:
An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When
connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under
the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. (provider:
SQL Network Interfaces, error: 26 - Error Locating Server/Instance
Specified)
I'm wondering if this is something to do with the fact I installed SQLServer Express edition on the remote machine. The website works no problem on the local machine in debug mode of Visual Studio 2005 (Professional Edition). I followed instructions to enable remote connections on SQLServer Express from a Microsoft support doc. If anybody can point me in the right direction I'll be very grateful as I've hit a wall here.
I have created a website using Visual Studio 2005 that runs in ASP.NET v2.0. In the debugging mode of VS2005 the site works just great and I use the ASPNETDB.MDF database to hold all of my user authentication data. Since I have deployed the website over to a remote server the authentication no longer works. I can access the first page of my website that is a login page but as soon as I attempt to log in with a valid user I receive an error message as below:
An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. (provider: SQL Network Interfaces, error: 26 - Error Locating Server/Instance Specified)
I copied all of my files in the website folder over to the corresponding folder on the remote server. I then installed MS SQLServer Express on the remote server. I'm suspect the problem is something to do with that ASPNETDB.MDF file. Please can somebody help? Is there anything else I need to do for the website to work as it did on my local machine? I have given the NETWORK SERVICES user full access on the website folder.
Since from using my local host to view my website, I am assuming I already have SQL Server installed on my computer? Is it possible to have users access my website files directly onto there own computer, say if they type my ip address or domain name into their address bar? What I am actually wanting to do is to host my website from my home computer... Any ideas, or good slash easy to understand articles on how to do this?
My ASP.NET application runs fine within the VS2005 IDE; but, when I deploy to my local machine to try to run it under IIS and calling it up in a browser, I'm getting the following exception: Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Login failed for user '(null)'. Reason: Not associated with a trusted SQL Server connection. Source Error: An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below. Stack Trace: [SqlException (0x80131904): Login failed for user '(null)'. Reason: Not associated with a trusted SQL Server connection.] System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection) +734979 System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning(TdsParserStateObject stateObj) +188 System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Run(RunBehavior runBehavior, SqlCommand cmdHandler, SqlDataReader dataStream, BulkCopySimpleResultSet bulkCopyHandler, TdsParserStateObject stateObj) +1838 System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds.CompleteLogin(Boolean enlistOK) +33 System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds.OpenLoginEnlist(SqlConnection owningObject, SqlConnectionString connectionOptions, String newPassword, Boolean redirectedUserInstance) +628 System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds..ctor(DbConnectionPoolIdentity identity, SqlConnectionString connectionOptions, Object providerInfo, String newPassword, SqlConnection owningObject, Boolean redirectedUserInstance) +170 System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnectionFactory.CreateConnection(DbConnectionOptions options, Object poolGroupProviderInfo, DbConnectionPool pool, DbConnection owningConnection) +359 System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.CreatePooledConnection(DbConnection owningConnection, DbConnectionPool pool, DbConnectionOptions options) +28 System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionPool.CreateObject(DbConnection owningObject) +424 System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionPool.UserCreateRequest(DbConnection owningObject) +66 System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionPool.GetConnection(DbConnection owningObject) +496 System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.GetConnection(DbConnection owningConnection) +82 System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionClosed.OpenConnection(DbConnection outerConnection, DbConnectionFactory connectionFactory) +105 System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.Open() +111 System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.FillInternal(DataSet dataset, DataTable[] datatables, Int32 startRecord, Int32 maxRecords, String srcTable, IDbCommand command, CommandBehavior behavior) +121 System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.Fill(DataSet dataSet, Int32 startRecord, Int32 maxRecords, String srcTable, IDbCommand command, CommandBehavior behavior) +137 System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.Fill(DataSet dataSet, String srcTable) +83 System.Web.UI.WebControls.SqlDataSourceView.ExecuteSelect(DataSourceSelectArguments arguments) +1770 System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListControl.OnDataBinding(EventArgs e) +92 System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListControl.PerformSelect() +31 System.Web.UI.WebControls.BaseDataBoundControl.DataBind() +70 System.Web.UI.WebControls.BaseDataBoundControl.EnsureDataBound() +82 System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListControl.OnPreRender(EventArgs e) +26 System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +77 System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +161 System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +161 System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +1360 I'm a novice at this and really need some help. What stupid newbie mistake am I making here? Thanks in advance for any guidance/assistance rendered.
Hello All, please be gentle im very new to this stuff.. So if i add a record via a sql datasource using the ConnectDB connection string it adds it the the sql 2005 database called intranet.... If i try to add to it using an onbuttonlick(Code Below) event it comes up with the "An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. (provider: SQL Network Interfaces, error: 26 - Error Locating Server/Instance Specified) "I have set remote connections on and tryed it with TCP/IP and TCP/IP and Named Pipes. SQL is installed as the default instance. If both ways are using the same connection string surely it should work? Im not to sure where i am going wrong here...Here is the code for the on button click event.. 'INSERT NEW EMAIL INTO NEWSLETTER TABLE
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Protected Sub AddEmailButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles AddEmailButton.Click Dim ConSTRING As String = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("ConnectDB").ConnectionString 'INSERT NEW EMAIL INTO NEWSLETTER TABLE Dim cn As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection(ConSTRING) Dim InsertSQL As String = "INSERT INTO Newsletter (Name, Email) VALUES (@Name, @Email)" Dim cmd As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand(InsertSQL, cn) cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Name", (TBname.Text)) cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Email", (TBemail.Text)) cn.Open() cmd.ExecuteNonQuery() LBLstatus.Text = "Success, Email is now on Mailing List" cn.Close()
Below is my web.config connection string<connectionStrings> <remove name="LocalSqlServer" /> <add name="ConnectDB" connectionString="Data Source=10.130.0.11;Initial Catalog=intranet;User ID=XXXXX;Password=XXXXX;" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" /> </connectionStrings>
Any help on this would be great as im stuck.. Best Regards Leigh
Hi, I am new to asp.net.I am trying to deploy the website on IIS created in visual web developer 2005 express.I am having problem with the aspnetdb.mdf for login.I have copied my entire contents to the physical directory( shared floder),from where the iis virtual directory can access the contents.I can see my login form but when i enter my username and password and click login it gives my error"error occured in establishing the connection". I am using the sql server 2005.I don't know what should i do with aspnetdb.mdf? thanks and urgent help needed
I'm trying to get the forms authentication sample working - I have followed the instructions given in the ReadMe that came with the samples. When I try to browse to localhost/reportserver (on the server), instead of seeing the logon page as expected, I get the following error message:
An internal error occurred on the report server. See the error log for more details. (rsInternalError) Get Online Help
Request for the permission of type 'System.Web.AspNetHostingPermission, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' failed.
Request for the permission of type 'System.Web.AspNetHostingPermission, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' failed.
Request for the permission of type 'System.Web.AspNetHostingPermission, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' failed.
I built the sample in VS 2005, and am using v2 of .net. Reporting services is installed on a windows server 2003 machine.
This has been driving me crazy for a while now. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I am trying to deploy a SSIS package which includes a FTP task. It works fine on the machine it was developed . When deploying the package on a production server, all other config changes work, but the FTP task is failing, with authentication error.
any help on how to persist the data would be appreciated
I have a Report Server when i try to deploy my report on the same server and if i use the Fully Qualified Domain Name in my report path i get the below Error
I hope someone can help becuase this problem is issue us several headaches.
We are currently trying to deploy an SSIS package to a production server. The deployment goes fine, the package runs ok when executed manually. The issues start when we try and execute it under the SQL agent.
Having gone back to the drawing board and spent much of the day reading various articles and applying the various options (especially those within the MS KB article 918760), we are still no closer to a resolution.
The SSIS package was created under an Administrator, and the SQL agent runs under a different Domain Admin account.
When we set up the Schedule to read from SQL Server or the SSIS Store the standard "Executed as user: DOMAINUSERNAME. The package execution failed. The step failed" in the history.
We tried to create the package as a file access and now get "Package could not be found" even though you can browse to i in the schedule list. The Domain account as full access to the folder where the package resides.
Has anyone else come across this issue, or have a workable solution?
An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server)
-This is the error that is being generated once the site is hosted. If I run my code from my machine and access my remote sql 2005 database it works fine. It is when I try to login from my URL directly that I get the error. Any thoughts? Thanks.
SQL Database in my application with windows authentication rejects accessing after deploying and remote access 1- My web applications databese access is windows authentication 2- In developing area there is no problem for accessing database 3- After deploying to another server there is problem accessing database: Cannot open user default database. Login failed.Login failed for user 'BRCK231ASPNET'. How can I solve this problem? Thanks.
We are looking at developing an SQL Server 2005 Database and I would like to use Windows Authentication rather than SQL Server Authentication to connect our client app.
In our development environment, we have two Servers, one being used as a file server and the other as an SQL Server. We have now set up a domain using the file server as the domain controller. (We had previously been set up to use a workgroup).
I have set up an active directory group called SqlDevelopers and added an active directory user called Jonathan to it.
On the SQL Sever, in management studio, I have set up a new server login which uses windows authentication called DomainSqlDevelopers. I used the GUI to verify I could see the domain and the group.
The default database is set to a test database on the server. A user in the test database is mapped to the DomainSqlDevelopers and given the Roles dbo, db_datareader, db_datawriter.
To test the log in, on the server, I logged out as administrator and in as Jonathan. I could successfully access the server through management studio using windows authentication.
However, if I log in as Jonathan on my client PC and try to access the SQL Server using management studio and windows authentication, I have problems.
The first time I try I will get a timeout error. If I try again will get either:
Login failed for user ''. The user is not associated with a trusted SQL Server connection
Or
Cannot generate SSPI context
I can€™t determine any pattern to which of the above errors I get.
However, if I log in as administrator on my client PC, I can connect to the server using management studio and windows authentication.
Sounds like Active Directory/Domain or other Network issue (Not really my area). I would be grateful for any help.
We have set-up log shipping in both our development and production environments. The difference between the two is that development is using SQL 2005 Developer Edition SP2 and production is using SQL 2005 Enterprise Edition SP2. As well, the production environment runs using 64-bit 3-node failover cluster set-up for the source, whereas the development source server environment is 32-bit and not clustered. Also, our development environment destination/monitor instance is located within the same geographic location mapped to the same domain controller. The production environment destination/monitor instance is located off-site, and although is part of the same domain, uses a different domain controller which is synched-up with the primary domain controller used for the source server and entire development environment. Other than that, both environments run using Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition SP1.
Originally, both environments were configured to use Monitor connections "By impersonating the proxy account of the job (usually the SQL Server Agent service account of the server instance where the job runs)". This presented no problems in the development environment, but in the production environment, this results in the following error whenever the source server tries to update the monitor instance with the backup alert status:
Error: 18456, Severity: 14, State: 11. Login failed for user 'NT AUTHORITYANONYMOUS LOGON'. [CLIENT: XXX.XX.XX.XX]
This also results in the log-ship alert job falsely reporting that backup jobs are "out-of-synch", since the source server cannot write log information to the log ship tables on the destination/monitor instance.
Now, according to BOL, when choosing to impersonate the proxy account, this is supposed to default to the SQL Server Agent Service account, which in our systems (both development and production), is a Windows domain account with full administrator priviledges and a SQL system adminstrator on both source and destination/monitor instances.
Upon trying to open a case with Microsoft originally when we were running on SQL 2005 SP1, and spending several hours ensuring there were no duplicate SPNs and linked servers were properly configured, they had come to the conclusion that this was the result of a known SP1 issue (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925843), and would be solved by applying SP2. We are now running SP2 + hotfix (9.0.3152), but are still receiving this error.
The only way I have currently of fixing this issue is by changing the Monitor connection from authenticating via proxy account to using a SQL Server login account which has system admin priviledges.
I have limited knowledge of how security is applied across different domain controllers within the same domain. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I'm brand new to web and ASP programming, but experienced with VB/VB.NET and SQL Server 2000 programming. I followed a tutorial and built a little website that lets you create a user login, login and change your password. I built this in Visual Studio 2005 using VB code and my understanding is that the site uses a SQLExpress database. There's an aspnetdb.mdf and .ldf file in the App_Data folder. I want to deploy the website to a web server that is hosting SQL Server 2005, not express. Can someone be explicit about steps to take in order to do that? I've been trying a number of things in the web.config file, but I cannot seem to make a connectionstring that works. I also don't know what to do with the .mdf and .ldf files from the development server--I'm thinking they should not be deployed. Thanks for anything.
I need to get a website up and running for a small group of people. I've had SQL Server for a while, but didn't have any use for it. It came with Visual Studio 2005, which gave me a little know how on scripting. Now, I have Visual Web Developer and what I need to make a web page. I just need to know how to configure all my settings to allow my website to be viewed online by anyone with an internet connection. I'm a person that understands detailed or simple directions, but I can not seem to find directions online. Now, I know what your thinking, but I've never attemped anything like this before. So, please, HELP! I need and want to learn as much as possible.
Thank you, tecfreak213
P.S. also, how do I change or get a web address? Thanks.
Being still a relative newcomer to SQL Server (people may say I'm trying to take on too much being somewhat inexperienced once they read about the problem I'm trying to tackle, but alas...) I'm running into the following problem: I need to create tables in my user database on the fly (using Stored Procedures) so that each table can be created many times in the database but only once for every user. The tables should be named something like "username.Table1", "username.Table2" etc. as opposed to "dbo.Table1". I then want to use the stored procedure from .NET/C# in my web application, so that i can create the complete set of usertables for each of my clients.
Now, I tackled the stored procedure part (that is, it creates all the tables I need with all the parameters I want) and am able to use it from my web application (which took some time to learn but proved quite easy to do), but I cannot seem to get it coupled to the current user (instead of the dbo). Every time I trie, the tables are created as dbo.Table1 and when I try to create a new set, it gives a warning ("table with name such and so already exists..."). I made sure to log in as an authenticated user (using forms authentication) before trying to create the tables but this gives the aforementioned result.
What am I doing wrong? I use Visual Web Developer Express, SQL Server 2005 Express and IIS version 5.1
I have figured out how to use MS SQL Server Management Studio for SQLServer 2005, including how to create users.At my client's offices, on my own LAN (a one man office with twocomputers in a peer to peer LAN - machines running the professionaledition of WXP), and on my colleagues computers (stand alonenotebooks), SQL Server was installed allowing both local and remoteconnections, and support for both Windows and SQL Serverauthentication.At my client's offices, both local and remote connections work. On ourrespective notebook computer/workstations only local connections work,unless we're connecting to our client's network, in which case remoteconnections work.So far, it would seem all is well. However, there are two issues.1) With regard to local connections on our notebooks, I can connect tothe default server using SQLCMD without specifying any command linearguments, while my colleages have to specify at least the machine andserver name. I don't understand why.2) On my peer to peer LAN, MS SQL Server Management Studio can not findthe other machine that is running SQL Server, and using SQLCMD, I can'tconnect to the other server when I provide the proper credentials for auser I set up on it to use SQL Server authentication. What should Ilook at in order to find out why this is and how to fix it?ThanksTed
Hi, hope someone can help I've been setting up reportig services and now i want to set permissions on the /reports site so i created a domain group called reporting added my users and then added this group to site wide security as user, but it doesnt appear to work, the only way i can get logged on is if i user a local user for my server that is added to Builtinadministrators, what am i doing wrong? why cant my domain users access the site?
I'm almost sure that it's not possible, but I wanted to ask in case that I'm missing something.Is it possible to get the Windows user when someone logins using SQL Server Authentication? I know how to get the hostname, but I can't find how to make the next step.By the way, do sleeping connections affect performance? Would they consume resources such as RAM or network?
Hey Gang, I get a error message "Authentication Failed for SQL Serverinstance: local with friendly name local SQL Server does not exist oraccess denied". I have a Just loaded SQL Server on my virtual box and loadedMicrosofts bpa and microsoft security anlyzer. The security scan work but thebpa scan doesnot. I also look at the database,I can get access to and notice a newdatabase schema(sqlbpa). Any help would be appreciated.ThanksGarry D
User1 : have sql rights on database but dont have rights to login into windows User2 ; have rights to login into system but dont have access rights to database
Now I have windows application and i have logged into system with User2 and want to run windows application with the rights of User1. How can i achieve this.
I have a website written in asp.net and the current DATABASE logins do not use windows authenticaton. They are for online use only with a username and password. I'm trying to run my program locally on my machine and access the database locally. This is very frustrating. I'm able to connect to my database, but I can't login to it. Here's my connection string from ym webconfig file: <add name="sqlConnectionString" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" connectionString="Connect Timeout=8; Initial Catalog=linkexchanger; Data Source=SCOTSQLEXPRESS; "/> I have the MSSQL engine running and I have connected with the SERVER. My database is in my directory tree of Microsoft SQL Management Studio Express. The server is SCOTSQLEXPRESSI have attempted to add a login to my sql database by right clicking on the security folder to create a new login. My understanding is that under windows, I don't need a uid and pwd in my connection string . Thus I tried removing all of this just as you see above, and I get an error message every single time I try to create a login with windows authentication. Can someone please explain how I make this work? Thank you. Scot
Can someone please help me with troubleshooting my SQL Server authenticated user. One of the users that I created has a login name of <None>. I am unable to delete this user and recreate his login nor plug in a login name. I believe that there is a script to correct this problem but I am having trouble researching it. I am working under the gun to resolve this issue so anyones help with the issue is much appreciated.
Is there a way to connect to database using Windows authentication as a different user than what you've logged in with to your desktop?
For example:
I log on to my desktop as mydomainme. I'm developing queries using Management Studio against a database (on another server) where mydomainme doesn't have access, but the admins have granted access to mydomainJobs1. I have the password for mydomainJobs1, and I'm hoping I can connect to the database using that account without having to log-off my local desktop as mydomainme and then re-login using mydomainJobs1.
The analogy in the file/share-permissions world would be using "net use" from a command prompt:
net use \SomeServer /User:mydomainJobs1 jobs1password
I have created a database now I am setting login details for that user. I am using slq server authentication and entering a password of recommended length.
I enter my details in my webconfig file and I get -couldnot connect to database specified in connection string for sql data provider.
when I check the login properties the password has changed it appears to be the password for NT Authoritysystem, ie same length, what it is Idont know.
I'm trying to copy a database from one server to another. I'm attempting to do this by restoring a SQL 7 DB from a saved disk backup.
The FULL backup works fine. I'm only backing up "db1" with all objects, tables, etc.
I then proceed to do a restore... but it keeps bombing on the restore part because the users are not present in the new database.
I've also tried doing this as an export from on database to another. But it also fails because the users are not in the new database.
Am I missing something? Do I need to copy the Master DB too?
How do I copy the users w/o having to install each and EVERY one .... individually...? (There are 500+)
Is there a better way to restore/copy a db from one server to another? I can't figure out why it's bombing out on the part where it adds users. (I'm trying to copy my database from prod to test... but exact mirror copies)
"Failed to generate a user instance of SQL Server due to a failure in starting the process for the user instance. The connection will be closed."
I get this error:
When I run SSEUTIL When I open the Movie Collection Starter Kit and hit F5 When I create a new Windows Forms application and use Add Item/SQL Database after right-clicking on the newly-created project node in Solution Explorer.
The first error message in the Error Log in C:Documents and Settings<username>Local SettingsApplication DataMicrosoftMicrosoft SQL Server DataSQLEXPRESS shows something like this after the above operations:
2006-05-25 08:28:26.07 spid5s Starting up database 'master'. 2006-05-25 08:28:26.17 spid5s SQL Trace ID 1 was started by login "sa". 2006-05-25 08:28:26.18 spid5s Starting up database 'mssqlsystemresource'. 2006-05-25 08:28:26.18 spid5s Error: 17207, Severity: 16, State: 1. 2006-05-25 08:28:26.18 spid5s FCB::Open: Operating system error 3(The system cannot find the path specified.) occurred while creating or opening file 'c:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.3MSSQLTemplate Datamssqlsystemresource.mdf'. Diagnose and correct the operating system error, and retry the operation. 2006-05-25 08:28:26.18 spid5s Error: 17204, Severity: 16, State: 1. 2006-05-25 08:28:26.18 spid5s FCB::Open failed: Could not open file c:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.3MSSQLTemplate Datamssqlsystemresource.mdf for file number 1. OS error: 3(The system cannot find the path specified.).
Sure enough, when I look at the c:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server directory, there is no MSSQL.3 dir. Those are the symptoms. What's the diagnosis and treatment?
I'm working on an ASP.NET project, and we're attempting to switch from SQL Server authentication to Windows authentication to connect to the database. It works fine locally when I debug in Visual Studio, but when it hits the web server, I get the error: "Login failed for user '(null)'. Reason: Not associated with a trusted SQL Server connection." IIS has anonymous access disabled, and Integrated Windows Authentication is checked. The web.config file has: <authentication mode="Windows"/><identity impersonate="true"/> The database I'm attempting to access is on a different machine than IIS, and the connection string doesn't contain a username or password, and has "Trusted_Connection=Yes", and "Integrated Security=SSPI". From what I've been able to find online, I'm guessing the problem is due to IIS and SQL Server residing on different machines, but I'm not sure how to fix it. Any ideas?
I'm trying to connect to a SQL Server 2005 database engine on a local network server. When I am presented with the Connect to Server dialog box, if I select Windows Authentication from the Authentication drop-down, the User name & Password area is grayed out and unusable. The domain user account I'm authenticated with is visible, but grayed out, and the password field is blank and unusable. I'd like to be able to connect as described in help:
User name
Enter the user name to connect with. This option is only available if you have selected to connect using Windows Authentication.
I can connect with either SQL Server or Windows authentication... but with Windows Authentication I'd love to be able to type a specific user name to select with :-)
