I have server 2003 and under the computer management console there is an entry in the shared folders/ open files/ "pipe/sql/query". Does anybody know what this means? Is this a security issue? I am new to managing a server and I found this suspicious entry which is different to the regular open files in the shared folder.

Hi Do you have MS SQL installed on that server with a Named Pipe option enable. This could be the reason. You can look at this link it gives a short description of it : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189307.aspx BR René