Re: Audit failed logins

From: Jasper Smith (jasper_smith9_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 04/01/05

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    As Hari has pointed out, you can't do this in SQL2000 however in SQL2005,
    the IP address is logged in the SQL Errorlog for failed logins. 

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"emde" <emde@na.com> wrote in message 
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> Hello:
>
> I am trying to enable failed login attempt auditing and have succeeded 
> with
> by using a trace and event log alerts. The problem is there is no IP 
> address
> in the trace or alters. I have selected the "Host Name" column in profiler
> but it only lists the hosts for successful logins, kind of pointless.
>
> Any ideas on how I can get the IP address of failed login attempts?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
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