$myServer = "sql2008";
//$myUser = "zach";
//$myPass = "pass";
//$myUser = "DOMAIN/zach";
//$myPass = "pass";
//$myUser = "zach@DOMAIN.net";
//$myPass = "pass";
$myUser = "sa";
$myPass = "pass";
$myDB = "Database";
//connection to the database
$dbhandle = mssql_connect($myServer, $myUser, $myPass)
or die("Couldn't connect to SQL Server on $myServer. Error: " . mssql_get_last_message());
So what i have noticed is that i can connect with SA (server admin) but i can not connect with my user name, which is a domain user that has a lot of permissions.
the only one that is giving me an error message is when the username is zach@DOMAIN.net.
Couldn't connect to SQL Server on sql2008. Error: Login failed for user 'zach@DOMAIN.net'.
that leads me to believe that there must be some setting on the server that allows for logins, but i dont know where to look.
*UPDATE****
So after looking in SQL Server Management Studio, I realized that it accepts logins from the sysadmin server roles group. So i added my AD account to the group, but i was still not able to connect with my user name. i used they three approaches i listed above. is there a fourth option?
That being said, is there a way that i can tell it to connect to a group not sysadmin? for security reason i would prefer not to connect to sysadmin?