SPSv2TR: Search won't work, error

[Eliézer Madeira de Campos]

:::SPSv2TR:::

Hi, everybody.

We are facing erros while searching in a setup where SPS and SQL Server are
running in different servers.

When we perform a search the following error occurs:
Your search encountered an error. If the problem persists, contact the
portal site administrator.

When we try to manage search scopes, or perform any search-related activity
in the Portal Administration, we get this error:
The gatherer index was not initialized. The content index must be remounted.
If the index is still not initialized, remove it.

The following two events appear in the application log:
1)
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Microsoft SharePointPS Search Service
Event Category: Gatherer
Event ID: 3085
Date: 14/9/2003
Time: 03:32:55
User: N/A
Computer: RA22
Description:
The application network access account is invalid. Update the account with a
valid username and password.
Context: http://10.10.1.22/ Application

2)
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Microsoft SharePointPS Search Service
Event Category: Gatherer
Event ID: 3028
Date: 13/9/2003
Time: 23:33:06
User: N/A
Computer: RA22
Description:
The gatherer object cannot be initialized.
Context: http://10.10.1.22/ Application, ProfileImport Catalog
Details:
Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password. (0x8007052e)

We verified every user name and password, and they are OK.

Oh yes, the setup where all this is occuring is, of course, in the client's
demo.

Help would be very much appreciated.

Eliézer M de Campos
Caxias do Sul RS, Brazil

[Christopher Hall (MSFT)]

Go to the SharePoint Portal Server Central Administration page:

Server Configuration | Configure Server Farm Account Settings (this is what
we call the creds page).
Re-enter the Configuration Database Administration Account and Default
Content Access Account information here (even if you're sure you entered
them correctly).

Chris

"Eliézer Madeira de Campos" <elie...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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[Tariq]

I had this happen to me and re-entering the Database Administration
Account and the Content Access Account didnt help either.

What I had to eventually do is chane the Database Admin Accont and the
Content Access Account, and then change it back.

That worked.

Please note, in the process of changing SharePoint will complain that
certain databases are locked. Here I chose to release the locks and
continue.

Regards,
Tariq