>John,
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>Try this. Create a global NT group and add your users to the global group. Then give the global group access to the server.
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>-Mike
Bingo! I actually discovered this after this mornings post. The difference is that I tried it out of trial and error and have no idea why it makes a difference. You, on the other hand, know exactly why it does and will tell me.(bg)

I can only assume that since SQL is an enterprise product made to be accessed across domains, that SQL only recognises global groups? Hmm, I wonder if I added the new global group to the original local group...? Oh well, I might try that when I have some time. Actually it sounds like a fool's errand.

I checked SQL BOL and it makes no distinction between local and global groups and implies that either can be used.

Thanks for the help!

John