SQL 2008 R2 login/network issue
- by martinjd
I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 new clean install , not a VM, that I have added to a Windows Server 2003 based domain using my account which has domain admin rights. The domain functional level is 2003. I performed a clean install of SQL Server 2008 R2 using my account which has domain admin rights. The installation completed without any errors. I logged into SSMS locally and attempted to add another domain account by clicking Search, Advanced and finding the user in the domain. When I return to the "Dialog - New" window and click OK I receive the following error:
Create failed for Login 'Domain\User'. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)
An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)
Windows NT user or group 'Domain\User' not found. Check the name again. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 15401)
I have verified that the firewall is off, tried adding a different domain user, tried using SA to add a user, installed the hotfix for KB 976494 and verified that the Local Security Policy for
Domain Member: Digitally encrypt or sign secure channel
Domain Member: Digitally encrypt secure channel
Domain Member: Digitally sign secure channel
are disabled none of which have made a difference. I can RDP to a Server 2003 server running SQL 2008 and add the same domain user without issue.
Also if I try to connect with SSMS to the sql server from another system on the domain using my account I get the following error:
Login failed. The login is from an untrusted domain and cannot be used with Windows authentication. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 18452)
and on the database server I see the following in the security event log:
An account failed to log on.
Subject:
Security ID: NULL SID
Account Name: -
Account Domain: -
Logon ID: 0x0
Logon Type: 3
Account For Which Logon Failed:
Security ID: NULL SID
Account Name: myUserName
Account Domain: MYDOMAIN
Failure Information:
Failure Reason: An Error occured during Logon.
Status: 0xc000018d
Sub Status: 0x0
Process Information:
Caller Process ID: 0x0
Caller Process Name: -
Network Information:
Workstation Name: MYWKS
Source Network Address: -
Source Port: -
Detailed Authentication Information:
Logon Process: NtLmSsp
Authentication Package: NTLM
Transited Services: -
Package Name (NTLM only): -
Key Length: 0
I am sure that the "NULL SID" has some significant meaning but have no idea at this point what the issue could be.
