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I'm using a proxy to run several SQL Server agent jobs.
Essentially the jobs copy data from Excel spreadsheets into a dbs via a network shared drive. The jobs have been failing for several weeks with the following error:

"Unable to start execution of step 1 (reason: Error authenticating proxy SERVERNAME\sharename, system error: ConnGetProxyPassword). The step failed."

when I run it under the proxy account, if I run it under the SQL Server Agent then I don't have permission errors.

I've recreated the proxy accounts but this has made no difference. The password for the proxy is correct.

Banging my head against this - any suggestions? It's not password length which I've seen suggested online.

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I suspect now, after two solid days of investigation that our dba changed the account that the SQL Server Agent runs under and as a result, the account can no longer use the proxy account I've set up. – alimack Jul 26 '11 at 8:11
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Change the SQL Server Agent account back!

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