Re: MSDE 2000 SA Account Password

From: itme (netamdin_at_kolcraft.com)
Date: 08/27/03 

Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 09:27:55 -0700

I did try logging in without a password but it didn't
work. I did not try leaving the -P off.
Thanks for the links. Its a big help!!!!!!!!

>-----Original Message-----
>Did you try just leaving the '-P' off of the command
line?
>
>If you have forgotten the sa password, you can reset
the password by
>logging in as a member of the sysadmin fixed server role
and using
>sp_password.
>http://faq.oneandone.co.uk/server/ms_windows_servers/10.h
tml
>
>Of course, if you have another account that runs as
sysadmin and you use
>trusted connections, then you do not have the password
lying around in
>scripts. Recommended.
>
>Russell Fields
>
>PS - Here is a post (from the University of Chicago!)
about resetting the
>password.
>http://security.uchicago.edu/windows/mssql/index.shtml
>
>
>"itme" <netadmin@kolcraft.com> wrote in message
>news:0b6b01c36c98$7f107680$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> SQL Newbie.
>>
>> I have a test server running MSDE 2000. I am trying to
>> access the database but I don't know the sa account
>> password. At a command propmt, I type osql -U sa -P
>> with a number of passwords and leaving it blank and it
>> returns the message "Failed login for account 'sa' "
>> Does anyone know how I can reset this account or what
the
>> default password is for MSDE 2000? No Service Packs
have
>> been applied.
>>
>> Thank You
>
>
>.
>

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