Error 18483 'distributor_admin'

I'm trying to publish a database and when I get to the end of the wizard, I
am greeted by this message:
SQL Server Enterprise Manager could not configure 'SERVERNAME' as the
Distributor for 'SERVERNAME'.
Error 18483: Could not connect to server 'SERVERNAME' because
'distributor_admin' is not defined as a remote login at the server.
The MS articles did not help me. Can someone, please?
Wack
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try to drop the server and then recreate it
sp_dropserver @.@.servername
GO
sp_addserver @.@.servername, 'local'
GO
Hilary Cotter
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"Ray Lewis" <dav5489@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to publish a database and when I get to the end of the wizard,
I
> am greeted by this message:
> SQL Server Enterprise Manager could not configure 'SERVERNAME' as the
> Distributor for 'SERVERNAME'.
> Error 18483: Could not connect to server 'SERVERNAME' because
> 'distributor_admin' is not defined as a remote login at the server.
> The MS articles did not help me. Can someone, please?
> --
> Wack
> --
> This message will self destruct.
>
|||I tried this, and used MS article 818334. I found that the SQL Server Name
was not the same as the Computer Name. However, when I try and drop the SQL
server name, I get a message stating that the SQL server does not exist.
So, I cannot rename my SQL Server 2000 server. What now?
Wack
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"Hilary Cotter" <hilary.cotter@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> try to drop the server and then recreate it
> sp_dropserver @.@.servername
> GO
> sp_addserver @.@.servername, 'local'
> GO
>
> --
> Hilary Cotter
> Looking for a SQL Server replication book?
> http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html
> Looking for a FAQ on Indexing Services/SQL FTS
> http://www.indexserverfaq.com
> "Ray Lewis" <dav5489@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uO9gjUYJFHA.4060@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
wizard,
> I
>
|||Hi,
is the login used to configure the publication a member of the 'system administrators'? I had a similar problem when creating a pull subscription and this solved it!
Bruno

Quote:

Originally posted by Ray Lewis
I'm trying to publish a database and when I get to the end of the wizard, I
am greeted by this message:
SQL Server Enterprise Manager could not configure 'SERVERNAME' as the
Distributor for 'SERVERNAME'.
Error 18483: Could not connect to server 'SERVERNAME' because
'distributor_admin' is not defined as a remote login at the server.
The MS articles did not help me. Can someone, please?
Wack
This message will self destruct.

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