ML
    • Recent
    • Categories
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Groups
    • Register
    • Login

    i put myself in a big problem

    IT Discussion
    windows windoes server sql server domain controller active directory
    9
    107
    51.2k
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • IT-ADMINI
      IT-ADMIN
      last edited by IT-ADMIN

      thank you guys for your help

      i don't have the mood to try anything now cuz really this problem makes me tired and it is 1:16 PM now,
      so i have to sleep now and tomorrow i will try what you told me

      see you guys tomorrow

      have a great night

      scottalanmillerS 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @IT-ADMIN
        last edited by

        @IT-ADMIN said:

        thank you guys for your help

        i don't have the mood to try anything now cuz really this problem makes me tired and it is 1:16 PM now,
        so i have to sleep now and tomorrow i will try what you told me

        see you guys tomorrow

        have a great night

        Good luck, hit us up when you start working on this tomorrow and we will see what we can do to help.

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • Reid CooperR
          Reid Cooper
          last edited by

          Sounds like you are having a rough day. Get some rest and maybe we can get this fixed tomorrow. Has anyone noticed yet?

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
          • S
            shybrsky
            last edited by

            u should make a backup before u did this my fren ..

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • IT-ADMINI
              IT-ADMIN @Dashrender
              last edited by

              @Dashrender said:

              @IT-ADMIN said:

              the problem is that the SQL service doesn't want to run, it gives an error

              that should be easy to fix
              go to services and double click SQL and look what account it's using.
              then create account on your domain give it a GOOD password

              then go back to the service and put the domainname\user for the username and type in your password.. and you should be good to go for starting SQL.

              thank you very much dude, you really saved me, the problem was due to SQL service not running because it was set to run using a local account, off course after this account was deleted the service cannot run, as soon as i changed the service logon account to domain administrator the service start successfully and the connection was successful

              ouuuf it was a terrible nightmare but also a lesson

              thank you @dashrender and thank you guys

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
              • DashrenderD
                Dashrender
                last edited by

                Now that you have that working, don't stop there!

                Create a dedicated user account in AD for SQL. Then assign it local admin rights on the SQL server. The replace the domain admin credentials you currently have running SQL.

                Reasons for doing this: If you leave the Domain Admin user in there for SQL, if SQL is compromised, the hacker will have Domain Admin level privileges to your entire domain.

                IT-ADMINI 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                • IT-ADMINI
                  IT-ADMIN @Dashrender
                  last edited by

                  @Dashrender said:

                  Now that you have that working, don't stop there!

                  Create a dedicated user account in AD for SQL. Then assign it local admin rights on the SQL server. The replace the domain admin credentials you currently have running SQL.

                  Reasons for doing this: If you leave the Domain Admin user in there for SQL, if SQL is compromised, the hacker will have Domain Admin level privileges to your entire domain.

                  thank you for your advice, but i no longer care about security since everything is fine lol
                  as Scott mentioned: why i should care about the business if the owner don't care
                  i fear if i change something now i may get an issue, so i will just keep everything as it is

                  DashrenderD 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • DashrenderD
                    Dashrender @IT-ADMIN
                    last edited by

                    @IT-ADMIN said:

                    thank you for your advice, but i no longer care about security since everything is fine lol
                    as Scott mentioned: why i should care about the business if the owner don't care
                    i fear if i change something now i may get an issue, so i will just keep everything as it is

                    Because you have changed the situation from what it was before. Before you upgraded to AD, the account was local, limiting liability only to that machine. Now if SQL is hacked, they potentially have full access to your entire network.

                    Making my suggested change will at least get you mostly back to the previous state, but not fully.

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • IT-ADMINI
                      IT-ADMIN
                      last edited by IT-ADMIN

                      ok i do what you told me but i have to restart the SQL service so that the new logon account will take effect, when the HR Dept finish working with the payroll application then i can restart it 😉

                      DashrenderD 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • DashrenderD
                        Dashrender @IT-ADMIN
                        last edited by

                        @IT-ADMIN said:

                        ok i do what you told me but i have to restart the SQL service so that the new logon account will take effect, when the HR Dept finish working with the payroll application then i can restart it 😉

                        Sounds like a good plan 🙂

                        IT-ADMINI 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • IT-ADMINI
                          IT-ADMIN @Dashrender
                          last edited by

                          @Dashrender said:

                          @IT-ADMIN said:

                          ok i do what you told me but i have to restart the SQL service so that the new logon account will take effect, when the HR Dept finish working with the payroll application then i can restart it 😉

                          Sounds like a good plan 🙂

                          thank you Sir

                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller
                            last edited by

                            Glad to hear that everything is back up and working. Did anyone notice very much?

                            IT-ADMINI 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • IT-ADMINI
                              IT-ADMIN @scottalanmiller
                              last edited by

                              @scottalanmiller said:

                              Glad to hear that everything is back up and working. Did anyone notice very much?

                              hhhhh, no, the problem was solved silently 😉

                              scottalanmillerS 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @IT-ADMIN
                                last edited by

                                @IT-ADMIN said:

                                @scottalanmiller said:

                                Glad to hear that everything is back up and working. Did anyone notice very much?

                                hhhhh, no, the problem was solved silently 😉

                                That's what I was wondering. Good deal.

                                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • DashrenderD
                                  Dashrender
                                  last edited by

                                  You had an entire day of downtime on this and no one noticed?

                                  IT-ADMINI 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • IT-ADMINI
                                    IT-ADMIN
                                    last edited by

                                    i didn't contacted the technical support, otherwise the issue will spread out
                                    fortunately i was able to solve it by your advises

                                    scottalanmillerS 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @IT-ADMIN
                                      last edited by

                                      @IT-ADMIN said:

                                      i didn't contacted the technical support, otherwise the issue will spread out
                                      fortunately i was able to solve it by your advises

                                      That's great. I'm glad that it worked out so well.

                                      The power of MangoLassi!!

                                      IT-ADMINI 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • IT-ADMINI
                                        IT-ADMIN @Dashrender
                                        last edited by

                                        @Dashrender said:

                                        You had an entire day of downtime on this and no one noticed?

                                        only the one who was working on the payroll software was having a connection error, i told him that we have a problem in the server, so he stop working on it until this morning when things come back to life
                                        fortunately the issue occur at about 6 PM and we finish the shift at 7 PM therefor the employee didn't complain because he was about to finish his shift

                                        PSX_DefectorP 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • IT-ADMINI
                                          IT-ADMIN
                                          last edited by

                                          there is a big time diffidence btw qatar and US, when i post my problem it was early morning in US but it was the end of the day in Qatar

                                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                          • IT-ADMINI
                                            IT-ADMIN @scottalanmiller
                                            last edited by

                                            @scottalanmiller said:

                                            @IT-ADMIN said:

                                            i didn't contacted the technical support, otherwise the issue will spread out
                                            fortunately i was able to solve it by your advises

                                            That's great. I'm glad that it worked out so well.

                                            The power of MangoLassi!!

                                            yeah, off course you are great guys

                                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                            • 1
                                            • 2
                                            • 3
                                            • 4
                                            • 5
                                            • 6
                                            • 5 / 6
                                            • First post
                                              Last post