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Common Authentication and Authorization Errors

If there are problems with authentication or authorization the following error messages can be generated by the Workgroup Server and returned to the client.

When connecting to the Workgroup Server

Authentication failed on server

The authentication failed but was required (AuthMandatory is 1 or absent). Some additional information about why is included in the error message. Further information will be logged on the server.

Unable to access server, checking authorization failed

The Workgroup Server was unable to perform the required authorisation check. More details will be logged on the server. A common cause of this is that group specified by the AuthRequiredSecurityGroup keyword is incorrect and cannot be found.

User is not authorized to access this server

The authorization check was done but the user is not a member of the group specified by the AuthRequiredSecurityGroup keyword.

Unexpected error checking authorisation

An unexpected error occurred when performing Authorisation check. The server log will have more details.

When attempting to open a database

User authentication is required to access this database

The authentication check done when the user connected to the Workgroup Server failed and it was not specified to be mandatory. The database required an authorisation check, but this cannot be done as the authentication failed.

Unable to access database, checking authorisation failed

The Workgroup Server was unable to do perform the required authorisation check. More details will be logged on the server. A common cause of this is that the group specified by the AuthRequiredSecurityGroup keyword is incorrect and cannot be found.

User account is not authorized to access this database

The authorisation check was done but the user is not a member of the group specified by the AuthRequiredSecurityGroup keyword.

Unexpected error checking authorisation

An unexpected error occurred when performing Authorization check. The server log will have more details.

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