| Posted by Greg D. Moore \(Strider\) on 09/11/07 10:39 
"Bill E." <billmiami2@netscape.net> wrote in message news:1189503759.466560.270090@y42g2000hsy.googlegroups.com...
 > SQL Server 2005
 >
 > All of a sudden we cannot log in using sa.  The "enforce expiration"
 > option is not set.
 > How could this have happened outside of a user deliberately changing
 > the password?  Can sa get
 > locked out for other reasons?
 
 Not that I'm aware of.
 
 Sounds like someone changed the sa password or you've got a bad case of
 fat-fingering.
 
 Worse case, I'd start looking for domain accounts and the like that didn't
 exist before. (A typical 'first thing' a hacker would do.)
 
 
 >
 > Bill E.
 > Hollywood, FL
 >
 
 
 
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