MSDE /XP Problem -Please Help

Hi,
I have2 machines connected to each other. Both the systems
have MS XP operating systems with SP2 patch on them. I
have installed MSDE SP3 on both the systems.
I would like to run a query from one machine on a database
on the other using osql.I was unable to. It gives an error
saying "Access denied"
Are there any settings that i will have to change. I want
one to be like a server and another a client. Each has
its own database.
osql -Usa -Ppassword -S<servername> <enter>
Does not work.
-ZS
If you aren't getting a logon failure, check to make sure you have port 1433
(or the MSDE sqlserver exe) set up as an exception in the XP SP2 firewall
settings.
HTH,
Greg Low [MVP]
MSDE Manager SQL Tools
www.whitebearconsulting.com
"ZS" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I have2 machines connected to each other. Both the systems
> have MS XP operating systems with SP2 patch on them. I
> have installed MSDE SP3 on both the systems.
> I would like to run a query from one machine on a database
> on the other using osql.I was unable to. It gives an error
> saying "Access denied"
> Are there any settings that i will have to change. I want
> one to be like a server and another a client. Each has
> its own database.
> osql -Usa -Ppassword -S<servername> <enter>
> Does not work.
> -ZS
>
>
|||Thanks Greg. Yes the problem was with the firewall.
So it is fixed now. Thanks.
=ZS
>--Original Message--
>If you aren't getting a logon failure, check to make sure
you have port 1433
>(or the MSDE sqlserver exe) set up as an exception in the
XP SP2 firewall
>settings.
>HTH,
>--
>Greg Low [MVP]
>MSDE Manager SQL Tools
>www.whitebearconsulting.com
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