Error executing xp_cmdshell from within a SQL task in a DTS package...

Hello

I am trying to execute xp_cmdshell' from within a DTS package that
was created by another person. When I try to execute that SQL Task'
selectively from within the package, I get the following error
message:

Error Title: Package Error
Error Details:
Error Source: Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server
Error Description: xpsql.cpp: Error 87 from GetProxyAccount on line
604

Why is this error message popping up? When I create a new package
(myself) and create an exact same SQL task as above and run it, the
SQL task runs fine.

Appreciate any help / feedback.

Thanks in Advance
Jagannathan SanthanamWhen a sysadmin role member executes xp_cmdshell, it runs under the
security context of the SQL Server service account. However, when a
non-sysadmin user executes the proc, it runs under the SQL Agent proxy
account.

It looks like there is an issue with your configuration of the proxy
account and/or SQL Server service account security. Enterprise Manager
automatically assigns the necessary rights to these accounts when these
are specified or changed via the GUI. Alternatively, you can manually
assign the following Windows rights to the accounts.

<Excerpt
href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;264155"
MSSQLServer and SQLServerAgent Services
- Act as part of the Operating System.
- Increase Quotas.
- Replace a process level token.
- Log on as a batch job.
SQLAgentCmdExec Account
- Log on as a batch job.

NOTE: You must restart the entire server, not just the SQL Services, in
order for any changes made to user rights permissions to take effect.

</Excerpt
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Hope this helps.

Dan Guzman
SQL Server MVP

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"Jagannathan Santhanam" <jags_32@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hello
> I am trying to execute 'xp_cmdshell' from within a DTS package that
> was created by another person. When I try to execute that 'SQL Task'
> selectively from within the package, I get the following error
> message:
> Error Title: Package Error
> Error Details:
> Error Source: Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server
> Error Description: xpsql.cpp: Error 87 from GetProxyAccount on line
> 604
>
> Why is this error message popping up? When I create a new package
> (myself) and create an exact same SQL task as above and run it, the
> SQL task runs fine.
> Appreciate any help / feedback.
> Thanks in Advance
> Jagannathan Santhanam