>Hi Ed:
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>After a lot of trail and error, it appears NT clients will somehow make their login info available to SQL Server for authentication. When in mixed mode, SQL Server will first vaildate you on the NT network(trusted connection) then again in SQL Server. If you get by both barriers, your allowed in.
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>Since you don't login to Win 95\98 clients, there is nothing for SQL Server to use to validate you on the NT network, so you don't get in.
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>Is there any way to get Win 95\98 clients validated?
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>I thought the LMHOSTS file matched a server name to an IP address. Since I'm using an IP address directly in the SQLSTRINGCONNECT() statement, why would I need an LMHOSTS file?
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Because MS, in their infinite wisditude, decided to resolve UNCs via the NetBIOS interface - it needs a name in the UNC.