Adaptive Server must successfully authenticate a user before they are able to access data in Adaptive Server. If the authentication attempt fails, Adaptive Server returns the following message and the network connection is terminated:
isql -U bob -P badpass Msg 4002, Level 14, State 1: Server 'ACCOUNTING' Login failed. CT-LIBRARY error: ct_connect(): protocol specific layer: external error: The attempt to connect to the server failed
This message is a generic login failure message that does not tell the connecting user whether the failure resulted from a bad user name or a bad password. This generic message guards against malicious attempts to gain access to Adaptive Server.
