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ACS, SQL Server, and Windows authentication

January 10, 2008

In the course of installing and configuring Audit Collection Services (ACS) I had to troubleshoot a permissions issue connecting to the database. Specifically, the ADTServer application service running on the collector was attempting to connect to the ACS database on a separate system. The service runs as the local network service on the collector which means that it uses the computer account to perform network authentication: DOMAIN\SYSTEM$. This account was added to SQL Server and granted dbo privileges...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: ,

Windows Kerberos Authentication

June 26, 2007

Finally, my first post. Here's a oldie but goodie (IMHO). I was looking to review Kerberos concepts and remembered reading a great whitepaper from Microsoft on the subject -- featuring none other than Bob and Alice. A quick search and voilà: Windows 2000 Kerberos Authentication . The concepts all still apply to Windows 2003 and presumably 2008. The discussions are clear and concise and give relevant examples.  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: ,