title: Connect to MS SQL Server on Arch Linux
body: <p>I installed on my arch machine <code>mssql-server</code> and <code>mssql-tools</code> via <code>yaourt</code>. I started the server from <code>/opt/mssql/bin/sqlservr</code> and tried to connect with my credentials, but with no luck. I found <a href="https://www.tecmint.com/install-ms-sql-server-centos-ubuntu-linux/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this</a> article which says to connect with the command <code>sqlcmd -S localhost -U SA -P 'YourPasswordHere'</code>, but it didn't work either. The error message says: </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>2017-07-06 21:57:28.25 Logon       Error: 18456, Severity: 14, State:
    7.</p>
    
    <p>2017-07-06 21:57:28.25 Logon       Login failed for user 'SA'. Reason:
    An error occurred while evaluating the password. [CLIENT: 127.0.0.1]</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I tried with blank password, with Password123 and with my user's password but the message was the same.</p>
  
  <p>Has anyone managed to connect and if yes what was the default password?</p>
  
  <p>Please let me know if you need any further information.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>