Accessing remote Index Server from XP

I have SQL Server 2000 running on Windows XP, and want to access the index server on a Windows 2003 server.
I use the well known servername.indexname..Scope() to access the remote IS. This actually worked for me for a bit. I'm not sure what happened, but it stopped working and I can't get it to work again. (I receive the oh-so-helpful error: [Microsoft][ODBC
SQL Server Driver][SQL Server][OLE/DB provider returned message: Unspecified error])
I *suspect* it has something to do with security. This is what I've done in the name of security:
1. On Win 2003 Server Machine: Set up trust for XP/SQL Server machine.
2. Made the XP/SQL Server machine a member of the 2003 Server's domain.
3. *Tried* to change the SQL Server log on account to an account belonging to the 2003 Server machine, but XP keeps telling me that it doesn't recognize the login username/password. Can I not do this in XP?
I've been banging my head on this problem for days now. It's a tough one. I hope somoene out there can help.
Thanks to all!
Brandon
what happens when you change the scope to \
ie
select From from openquery(web,'select path from
remoteservername.remotecatalogname..scope(''\'')')
Hilary Cotter
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http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html
"Brandon" <Brandon@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I have SQL Server 2000 running on Windows XP, and want to access the index
server on a Windows 2003 server.
> I use the well known servername.indexname..Scope() to access the remote
IS. This actually worked for me for a bit. I'm not sure what happened, but
it stopped working and I can't get it to work again. (I receive the
oh-so-helpful error: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server][OLE/DB
provider returned message: Unspecified error])
> I *suspect* it has something to do with security. This is what I've done
in the name of security:
> 1. On Win 2003 Server Machine: Set up trust for XP/SQL Server machine.
> 2. Made the XP/SQL Server machine a member of the 2003 Server's domain.
> 3. *Tried* to change the SQL Server log on account to an account belonging
to the 2003 Server machine, but XP keeps telling me that it doesn't
recognize the login username/password. Can I not do this in XP?
> I've been banging my head on this problem for days now. It's a tough one.
I hope somoene out there can help.
> Thanks to all!
> Brandon
|||same result.
"Hilary Cotter" wrote:

> what happens when you change the scope to \
> ie
> select From from openquery(web,'select path from
> remoteservername.remotecatalogname..scope(''\'')')
> --
> Hilary Cotter
> Looking for a book on SQL Server replication?
> http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html
>
> "Brandon" <Brandon@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F78FD457-1968-4082-AF87-01D26B302FC7@.microsoft.com...
> server on a Windows 2003 server.
> IS. This actually worked for me for a bit. I'm not sure what happened, but
> it stopped working and I can't get it to work again. (I receive the
> oh-so-helpful error: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server][OLE/DB
> provider returned message: Unspecified error])
> in the name of security:
> to the 2003 Server machine, but XP keeps telling me that it doesn't
> recognize the login username/password. Can I not do this in XP?
> I hope somoene out there can help.
>
>