Cannot Publish to Microsoft Project Server 2003

[sms_varna]

When trying to publish a project from Microsoft Project 2003 Professional, I
get the following error:
"You have entered an incorrect user name/password combination. (5002)".
The Test Connection inside Tools/Colaborate is successful, but we can't
login to the the Project server with any account we've tried.
Please advise with anything you know about this.
Thank you in advance.

 

[Gary L. Chefetz \(MVP\)]

SMS:

There is no such thing as Tools/Collaborate in Project Server 2003. If
you're talking about Tools > Enterprise Options > Project Server Accounts,
then you should know that the test button there does nothing but verify that
the Project Server exists. If you want to ask questions about Project Server
accounts, then you need to be very specific, careful to use terms properly,
and at least specify which type of authentication you're attempting to use.
Some background on your system may spare you numerous posts with lots of
follow-up questions.

--

Gary L. Chefetz, MVP
"We wrote the books on Project Server"
http://www.msprojectexperts.com

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[sms_varna]

First - if I knew everything about Project Server, I would not have posted
this question.

Second - It is not Tools/Enterprise Options, but Only Tools/Options, as I'm
saying it is not Enterprise Edition, but 2003 Professional.

Thank you anyway.

 

[Earl Lewis]

sms_varna,

We recognize that you may be new to project server and may not know all the right terminology but you should make a concerted effort to ask your questions accurately and intelligently if you expect to get any help. Accuracy means describing the circumstances in detail to the best of your ability. And asking questions intelligently means that it's obvious that you've done some research, already tried a few things, what those things were that you tried and what the specific outcomes were.

It sounds like you're just trying to get connected to the project server so you CAN publish a project. Is that accurate? If so, there is a series of steps that needs to be followed to ensure this works as it should.

What have you done so far and what is the exact context of the failure?

Earl
First - if I knew everything about Project Server, I would not have posted
this question.

Second - It is not Tools/Enterprise Options, but Only Tools/Options, as I'm
saying it is not Enterprise Edition, but 2003 Professional.

Thank you anyway.

 

[sms_varna]

I'm sorry, I'm new to Project and I was trying no to be too long in my
posting, but I tried everything I could find on the subject. It is MSProject
Professional 2003 trying to publish on the Project Server 2003. I followed
all the instructions for installation and setting permissions on the IIS
virtual directories. This will be the first project to publish and the SQL
Server database is on a different server than the Project Server.
Maybe we have to import somehow first and then to publish, I will try that.
There's also SharePont Services installed on the same server as the Project
Server, but I went over the issues between the coexistance of those two. I
don't know what else to try. Thanks.

 

[sms_varna]

I'm sorry, one more thing to say that I think everything points to permission

 

[JmpJack]

The purpose of this forum to discuss issues that related to Project Server.
Many people use it as a learning tool and a resource for problems they may be
experiencing. Regardless of a person's level of experience with any product,
I would hope the goal would be to assist the person as much as possible. The
responses above were more insulting and condescending than actually offering
any help. Posting a question, in a way to gather additional information or
help is all relative to the experience level of the individual. I don't see
any reason why we can't solicit additional information instead of belittling
the person who's asking. Although I've contradicted my very first point, I
thought this was important to mention.

 

[Gary L. Chefetz \(MVP\)]

JmpJack:

Any emotional characteristics you're assigning to the posts are purely your
own construct. The only true insult, outside of flagrant flaming, is to
completely ignore a question that is badly asked. The fact that we respond
is, in itself, a hand reaching out to help. If you can't accept that, you
have an paid-support avenue to pursue.

--

Gary L. Chefetz, MVP
"We wrote the books on Project Server"
http://www.msprojectexperts.com

For Project Server FAQs visit
http://www.projectserverexperts.com

For Project FAQs visit
http://www.mvps.org/project

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The purpose of this forum to discuss issues that related to Project Server.
Many people use it as a learning tool and a resource for problems they may be
experiencing. Regardless of a person's level of experience with any product,
I would hope the goal would be to assist the person as much as possible. The
responses above were more insulting and condescending than actually offering
any help. Posting a question, in a way to gather additional information or
help is all relative to the experience level of the individual. I don't see
any reason why we can't solicit additional information instead of belittling
the person who's asking. Although I've contradicted my very first point, I
thought this was important to mention.

the right terminology but you should make a concerted effort to ask your
questions accurately and intelligently if you expect to get any help.
Accuracy means describing the circumstances in detail to the best of your
ability. And asking questions intelligently means that it's obvious that
you've done some research, already tried a few things, what those things
were that you tried and what the specific outcomes were.so you CAN publish a project. Is that accurate? If so, there is a series of
steps that needs to be followed to ensure this works as it should.

 

[mark.whitworth]

Nah, Gary. I think JmpJack is right. You're not being helpful at all,
just decreasing the signal-to-noise ratio.

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Mark --

I think you and JmpJack are both wrong. Gary has volunteered countless
hours of time to helping people with questions on Microsoft Project, Project
Central, Project Server 2002, and Project Server 2003. He is a volunteer
and not an employee of Microsoft. He should be accorded at least some
measure of respect for the years he has devoted to helping people with these
tools.

If you reread the original post from sms_varna, you will see a poorly worded
question about a vaguely described problem. If you reread Gary's original
response, you will see his correction to the original question, an
assumption about what the questioner meant, and a request for more explicit
information. Based on Gary's response, you will see sms_varna getting "bent
out of shape" over how Gary worded his response.

My suggestion for you would be this: If you don't like the way some of us
answer user questions, the proper response is to answer questions yourself,
rather than flaming those who take the time to help. Just a thought...not a
flame.