Sharepoint 2003 installation

[UkSi]

Hi,

I have installed sharepoint Server 2003 and am having problems with the "Configure Server Farm Account Settings".

I installed SPS 2003 120 day demo on our domain controller (win 2003)which did not have share point services on it. We have a second server(win2k server) which has SQL server (using windows auth access). When running through the SPS 2003 setup program, I was asked for login information and I provided the admin login that is to log in on the server.
The admin account had been granted the DB creator and security prividges on SQL Server.

When I enter the sharepoint central administration, it asks for 'Default Content Access Account'and 'Portal Site Application Pool Identity'.

I have tried entering my admin usernames and passwords for 'Portal Site Application Pool Identity', and receive the error:
The service did not start due to a logon failure.

I have tried looking into creating a new account in AD and making it a member of the 3 sps security groups and added it to the SQL server users (with creator access), but this still doesnt help me get anywhere.
Have I missed something out or should sharepoint not be installed on the main domain controller? (we will be upgrading our sql server machine to 2003 over the next few weeks so I could install on that later).

Thanks,

Si

 

[UkSi]

OK - dont worry - I ended up unistalling and re-installing , but this time I created a new user account called SharepointSVC, added it to the administrators group and gave it permissions on SQL server to create databases etc. I then used this account name when promted when I ran the setup program.

Si.

 

[comaboy]

The service did not start due to a logon failure"...

And your username and password where correct, I'll bet!

I too had this problem, and found the solution in a web article I found (and have now lost, so I can't big-up the author or take any appreciation). However, the solution is mind-bendingly simple so I decided to post it for future reference.

You *must* place your username in Domain/User format, so this will work:

Username: MyDomain/Administrator
Password: MyPassWord01234

Whereas this will fail with the above error:

Username: Administrator
Password: MyPassWord01234

Nice one, eh!