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# Contents of pillar/mssql/init.sls
# I can connect to some-remote-host with the credentials below
# freetds-common and python-pymssql are both installed

maint:
    mssql.server: some-remote-host
    mssql.port: 1433
    mssql.user: maint_user
    mssql.password: some-password
    mssql.database: ''

# Here is what happens when I attempt to use the mssql module

root@tcmweb:~# salt-call --local mssql.db_list
local:
    - Could not run the query
    - connect() got an unexpected keyword argument 'server'
root@tcmweb:~#