June 1, 2022 at 3:22 pm
I've got a ticket regarding Linked Server access not working over VPN. I have very limited exposure to how Linked Servers work or are configured, but I believe the idea is that the Linked Server both a) authenticates your access to the Linked Server object, and b) passes your credentials to the final destination (whatever the Linked Server is "linking" to). Is that basically how it works (over-simplified)?
Secondly, how might I go about troubleshooting this. I dont have access to the Linked Servers myself but was thinking of creating one in SQL Server using a two different servers I DO have access to. Basically created a Linked Server on SQL Server "Alpha" to a database hosted on SQL Server "Omega". And then try to access the Linked Server both internally and over the VPN and see what's what.
If anyone has any input or experiences with this, i would gratefully appreciate it. Thanks in advance!
June 1, 2022 at 8:09 pm
There are two ways you can set up a linked server:
The default is self-mapping. That is, user A logs in on server S and runs a query against linked server T and S passes the credentials to T. This requires that Kerberos has been set up correctly. It more or less require that you are in a domain. In a workgroup, the user must have the same username and password on both machines.
The alternative is mapping to an SQL login that exists on the remote server. In this case A not have to have a login of its own on T. This mapping can be setup per individual user or for everyone (bad for security), but not per group or role.
As for how to troubleshoot the situation. Well, as a starting point get hold of the error message....
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June 2, 2022 at 1:37 pm
So, someone has a local instance of SQLServer on his/her/its client and declared a Linked Server pointing to another SQLServer instance which can be available with an active VPN connection.
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