Question

I have receive the infamous Login Failed for User ‘NT AUTHORITY/NETWORK SERVICE’ when I try to run a page that contains and EntityDataSource and Listview. Here’s Stack Trace:

[SqlException (0x80131904): Login failed for user ‘NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE’.]
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection) +4846887
System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning(TdsParserStateObject stateObj) +194
System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Run(RunBehavior runBehavior, SqlCommand cmdHandler, SqlDataReader dataStream, BulkCopySimpleResultSet bulkCopyHandler, TdsParserStateObject stateObj) +2392
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds.CompleteLogin(Boolean enlistOK) +35
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds.AttemptOneLogin(ServerInfo serverInfo, String newPassword, Boolean ignoreSniOpenTimeout, Int64 timerExpire, SqlConnection owningObject) +144
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds.LoginNoFailover(String host, String newPassword, Boolean redirectedUserInstance, SqlConnection owningObject, SqlConnectionString connectionOptions, Int64 timerStart) +342
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds.OpenLoginEnlist(SqlConnection owningObject, SqlConnectionString connectionOptions, String newPassword, Boolean redirectedUserInstance) +221
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds..ctor(DbConnectionPoolIdentity identity, SqlConnectionString connectionOptions, Object providerInfo, String newPassword, SqlConnection owningObject, Boolean redirectedUserInstance) +189
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnectionFactory.CreateConnection(DbConnectionOptions options, Object poolGroupProviderInfo, DbConnectionPool pool, DbConnection owningConnection) +185
System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.CreatePooledConnection(DbConnection owningConnection, DbConnectionPool pool, DbConnectionOptions options) +31
System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionPool.CreateObject(DbConnection owningObject) +433
System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionPool.UserCreateRequest(DbConnection owningObject) +66
System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionPool.GetConnection(DbConnection owningObject) +499
System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.GetConnection(DbConnection owningConnection) +65
System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionClosed.OpenConnection(DbConnection outerConnection, DbConnectionFactory connectionFactory) +117
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.Open() +122
System.Data.EntityClient.EntityConnection.OpenStoreConnectionIf(Boolean openCondition, DbConnection storeConnectionToOpen, DbConnection originalConnection, String exceptionCode, String attemptedOperation, Boolean& closeStoreConnectionOnFailure) +47

[EntityException: The underlying provider failed on Open.]
System.Data.EntityClient.EntityConnection.OpenStoreConnectionIf(Boolean openCondition, DbConnection storeConnectionToOpen, DbConnection originalConnection, String exceptionCode, String attemptedOperation, Boolean& closeStoreConnectionOnFailure) +168
System.Data.EntityClient.EntityConnection.Open() +96
System.Data.Objects.ObjectContext.EnsureConnection() +81
System.Data.Objects.ObjectQuery1.GetResults(Nullable1 forMergeOption) +46
System.Data.Objects.ObjectQuery1.System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<T>.GetEnumerator() +39
System.Linq.Enumerable.Single(IEnumerable1 source) +107
System.Data.Objects.ELinq.ObjectQueryProvider.b__2(IEnumerable1 sequence) +5
System.Data.Objects.ELinq.ObjectQueryProvider.ExecuteSingle(IEnumerable1 query, Expression queryRoot) +25
System.Data.Objects.ELinq.ObjectQueryProvider.System.Linq.IQueryProvider.Execute(Expression expression) +43
System.Linq.Queryable.Count(IQueryable1 source) +240
System.Web.UI.WebControls.EntityDataSourceQueryBuilder1.Build(ObjectContext context, Boolean computeCount) +154
System.Web.UI.WebControls.EntityDataSourceView.ExecuteSelect(DataSourceSelectArguments arguments, Creator qbConstructor) +889
System.Web.UI.WebControls.EntityDataSourceView.ExecuteSelect(DataSourceSelectArguments arguments) +102
System.Web.UI.DataSourceView.Select(DataSourceSelectArguments arguments, DataSourceViewSelectCallback callback) +19
System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataBoundControl.PerformSelect() +142
System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListView.PerformSelect() +57
System.Web.UI.WebControls.BaseDataBoundControl.DataBind() +73
System.Web.UI.WebControls.BaseDataBoundControl.EnsureDataBound() +82
System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListView.CreateChildControls() +55
System.Web.UI.Control.EnsureChildControls() +87
System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +44
System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +171
System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +171
System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +171
System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +171
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +842

Here’s the contents of my EntityDataSource:

<asp:EntityDataSource ID="PartsDataSource" runat="server" 
ConnectionString="name=Diel_inventoryEntities" 
DefaultContainerName="Diel_inventoryEntities" EntitySetName="PartList" 
EntityTypeFilter="PartList" 
Select="it.[PARTNUMBER], it.[NSN], it.[PARTNAME], it.[REV], it.[CUSTOMER]">
</asp:EntityDataSource>

Besides creating the .edmx file, listview and entitydatasource, are there any other steps I need to take to resolve this error message?

Thanks,
Sid

Answer 1

This means that the user NT AUTHORITY/NETWORK SERVICE is used to log on to the database, and is denied. You should either make the website run under a different user account (using impersonation), or change the connection string to specify a sql account/pass. Both solutions require that you create the login in SQL Server, and grant that user the necessary rights.