>>Hi
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>>I want to create a specific user to be used by a web service so any amendments by the web service in the database are tagged with that userid. (at the moment everything is going under sa)
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>>When I run a create user command I get an error.
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>>Windows NT user or group 'DEV01\Test.User' not found. Check the name again.
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>>What do I need to do (or a link to a good summary) to make this happen.
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>Do you mean that you just want a single user account for all hits on the web service or that you want to narrow it down to the specific user who is accessing the service ?

Hi Viv

I would like a single account for all hits on the web service to differentiate changes to the database via the web service from changes via the in house system