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SERVER - FIX Error 18456, Severity: 14, State: 6. Login failed for user February 17, 2016Pinal DaveSQL Tips and Tricks1 commentOne of the blog which I wrote earlier was also on Login failed for user with state 58. Let us see how to FIX Error sql server error 18456 severity 14 state 1 18456.After reading that blog, one of the blog reader contacted me and told error: 18456, severity: 14, state: 5. that she is getting state 6. I thought this error are very common and is important to demystify some of the
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reasons for the same. I have asked completed error message to assist him. Here is the message she shared:Error: 18456, Severity: 14, State: 6.Login failed for user ‘sqlserver2016\sysadmin'. Reason: Attempting to use an NT
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account name with SQL Server Authentication. [CLIENT:
Server Login Failures By Pinal DaveWhen asked about common errors encountered in a SQL Server environment, you might expect to
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hear about high CPU issues, but in reality, these are rare and few. login failed for user reason: attempting to use an nt account name with sql server authentication In fact, many DBAs report connectivity issues with SQL Server as among the most frequently encountered errors. These errors can further could not find a login matching the name provided 18456 be classified into two sub-categories: Login request not reaching SQL Server. Login request reaching SQL Server and then failing. Let's look at each of these scenarios in this article. http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2016/02/17/sql-server-fix-error-18456-severity-14-state-6-login-failed-for-user/ Scenario 1: Login request not reaching SQL Server A typical error received by a client might be: Transact-SQL A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote http://logicalread.solarwinds.com/errors-sql-server-login-failures-pd01/ connections 1 A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections There can be multiple reasons for this error, including these, based on work I've done with clients and queries I've responded to in user forums: Using the incorrect instance name. The SQL Service is not running. Port not open. (Note that telnet is the best test possible to detect this). The SQL Browser Service not running. (This is needed to get port of named instances. IP, PortNumber - can be specified to identify this issue.) Incorrect DNS entry and request going to different machine. (Note that ping is the best test to find name and IP address mapping). Scenario 2: Login request reaching SQL Server and then failing This second scenario results from authentication or security related errors. The error message received by the client would as shown below: Transact-SQ
of Plan Explorer and a performance monitoring and event management platform for the Microsoft Data Platform http://sqlblog.com/blogs/aaron_bertrand/archive/2011/01/14/sql-server-v-next-denali-additional-states-for-error-18456.aspx and VMware. He has been blogging here at sqlblog.com since 2006, http://sql-articles.com/articles/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-login-failed-error-18456/ focusing on manageability, performance, and new features, and also blogs at blogs.sentryone.com and SQLPerformance.com; has been a Microsoft MVP since 1997; tweets as @AaronBertrand; and speaks frequently at major conferences, user group meetings, and SQL Saturday events worldwide. Troubleshooting Error 18456 I think we've all dealt with error error 18456 18456, whether it be an application unable to access SQL Server, credentials changing over time, or a user who can't type a password correctly. The trick to troubleshooting this error number is that the error message returned to the client or application trying to connect is intentionally vague (the error message is similar for most errors, and the state is error 18456 severity always 1). In a few cases, some additional information is included, but for the most part several of these conditions appear the same to the end user. In order to figure out what is really going wrong, you need to have alternative access to the SQL Server and inspect the log for the true state in the error message. I helped our support team just today solve a client's 18456 issues - once we tracked down the error log and saw that it was state 16, it was easy to determine that their login had been set up with a default database that had been detached long ago. In SQL Server 2012, there is a new feature called "contained databases" - I've blogged about it here and here. With this feature comes a new layer of security that may creep onto your radar if you use this functionality: contained user authentication failures. There are a variety of things that can go wrong here. If you connect with a contained user but forget to specify a database nam
= 18456 Output: Login failed for user ‘%.*ls'.%.*ls%.*ls This is one of the infamous error message (and number) that most of the DBAs and developers have come across while working on SQL server. This message simply denotes that the client call was able to reach the SQL server and then an ACCESS was denied to the particular login for a reason. To figure out the exact reason, this error number 18456 with its STATE number is logged into the SQL server error log file, if SQL server was allowed or configured to capture the failed logins. Configuring SQL server for capturing login failures: By default, SQL server is configured to capture only failed logins but it can be changed to any of the options as mentioned in this books online link http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188470.aspx Below figure shows these options to have login failed messages written into error log Accessing Error log: Now that, we know SQL server logs all login failed messages into its error log and windows event viewer but how do I access them? Windows event viewer: GO to start –> Run –> Eventvwr –> open up the application logs, and now we could see the login failed error message with computer name, instance name, date and time and finally the reason for the login failed SQL Error log: SQL server error log can be viewed from multiple places If we have gained access or can gain access to SQL server with different logon credentials then always use sp_readerrorlog, xp_readerrorlog or use the GUI option of opening up Management node –> SQL server Logs –> View –> SQL server log. Same sample shown above looks like In a case where we cannot gain access to SQL server, then we may use the actual error log path and open the txt file physically from the file system. Use SQL server configuration manager to find the error log path and from there you could open the file. Get the value next to –e parameter and that gives the actual error log file location Typically the error log files are available in install directory for SQL server. SQL server 2005: C:\MSSQL\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\LOG\Errorlog SQL server 2008: C:\MSSQL\MSSQL10.instanceID\MSSQL\Log\Errorlog InstanceID - MSSQLSERVER for default instance and for named instance it’s the name of the instance STATES of 18456 State 1: Th