FreeTDS Development Group

["Lowden, James K" <LowdenJK AT bernstein.com>]

> From: Ciaran Hamilton
> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 8:04 AM
> 
> However, after the install, it was reading the newly-installed
> /usr/local/etc/freetds.conf file and finding the global TDS protocol
> setting there, which had been set to "4.2", despite the setting I
> gave to configure. As a result, it was trying to use the domain
> login name on a protocol that doesn't support domain logins, and
> it failed.
> 
> This foxed me for a while, so I want to make sure people know about
> the problem, and its solution. :D Perhaps configure should update
> the freetds.conf file with the protocol version you specify?

Thanks for pointing that out; sorry it tripped you up.  

I think the simplest thing is not to set the TDS version in the sample
freetds.conf.  Probably we shouldn't install it at all, but rather treat
it as a sample and install it to @datadir@ (e.g.
PREFIX/share/examples/freetds/freetds.conf).  And add a man page.  

Meanwhile, at least we have your cautionary tale.  :-)

Regards, 

--jkl

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