Home/ Questions/Q 8409153
In Process

The Archive Base Latest Questions

Editorial Team
  • 0
Asked: 2026-06-09T23:49:33+00:00

I use SQL Server Management Studio to manage my SQL Server. I need to

  • 0

I use SQL Server Management Studio to manage my SQL Server. I need to add a genericReadOnly and genericReadWrite to use when accessing it from automated vba code in Excel. The file that contains this code will be distributed to a number of people, more than I want to individually add to the server.

I’ve tried adding this generic user account, but get told

genericReadOnly is not a valid login or you do not have permissions.

The server admin believes that a username has to exist in Active Directory.

Is this standard, or is it a sitting that can be changed, if so how?

Share

Leave an answer

You must login to add an answer.

Need An Account,

1 Answer

  1. Editorial Team

    If you are using mixed authentication on your SQL Server, you can create a SQL Server login (via the security\logins tree on SSMS object explorer) and then a user on your database.

    If you are using windows authentication only, then yes, you need an Windows login account mapped to that user.

    To change the authentication mode… http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188670.aspx

    • 0