Have you set the Databases folder for sharing?





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----- Original Message -----

From: "Bjørn Hanto" <bjohanto@o...>

To: "Access ASP" <access_asp@p...>

Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 9:37 PM

Subject: [access_asp] Can't access database on another machine





> My application runs under IIS 5.0 on machine named PC1 on an Intranet.

> Authentication is set to Basic Authentication and Integrated Windows

> Authentication.

> Through my ASP-application user should read data from Access on another

> box named PC2. Security is set to allow Domain Users to have full access

> to all files on this machine.

>

> I have tried to access PC2 by setting up a System DSN on PC1. I have tried

> to point to the file using "classical" notation like

> E:\Databases\MyBase.mdb and by using \\PC2\Databases\MyBase.mdb.

> I have also tried to use ADO-connections.

>

> Trouble is - I cannot access the database on the other machine.

> It runs perfectly when the database is on the same PC as the application

> itself, but unfortunately I cannot reconfigure our production system.

>

> What am I doing wrong??

>

> Regards Bjørn

>




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