Comments on: SQL SERVER – Transfer The Logins and The Passwords Between Instances of SQL Server 2005

By: ahmed

ahmed — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:49:22 +0000

How I can move users from SQL 2008 Server to another SQL 2008 Server

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By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:49:10 +0000

it is saying “no logins found”

By: Leandro R Sales

Leandro R Sales — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:59:52 +0000

USE master
GO
IF OBJECT_ID (‘sp_hexadecimal’) IS NOT NULL
DROP PROCEDURE sp_hexadecimal
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE sp_hexadecimal
@binvalue varbinary(256),
@hexvalue varchar (514) OUTPUT
AS
DECLARE @charvalue varchar (514)
DECLARE @i int
DECLARE @length int
DECLARE @hexstring char(16)
SELECT @charvalue = ’0x’
SELECT @i = 1
SELECT @length = DATALENGTH (@binvalue)
SELECT @hexstring = ’0123456789ABCDEF’
WHILE (@i <= @length)
BEGIN
DECLARE @tempint int
DECLARE @firstint int
DECLARE @secondint int
SELECT @tempint = CONVERT(int, SUBSTRING(@binvalue,@i,1))
SELECT @firstint = FLOOR(@tempint/16)
SELECT @secondint = @tempint – (@firstint*16)
SELECT @charvalue = @charvalue +
SUBSTRING(@hexstring, @firstint+1, 1) +
SUBSTRING(@hexstring, @secondint+1, 1)
SELECT @i = @i + 1
END

SELECT @hexvalue = @charvalue
GO

IF OBJECT_ID ('sp_help_revlogin') IS NOT NULL
DROP PROCEDURE sp_help_revlogin
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE sp_help_revlogin @login_name sysname = NULL AS
DECLARE @name sysname
DECLARE @type varchar (1)
DECLARE @hasaccess int
DECLARE @denylogin int
DECLARE @is_disabled int
DECLARE @PWD_varbinary varbinary (256)
DECLARE @PWD_string varchar (514)
DECLARE @SID_varbinary varbinary (85)
DECLARE @SID_string varchar (514)
DECLARE @tmpstr varchar (1024)
DECLARE @is_policy_checked varchar (3)
DECLARE @is_expiration_checked varchar (3)

DECLARE @defaultdb sysname

IF (@login_name IS NULL)
DECLARE login_curs CURSOR FOR

SELECT p.sid, p.name, p.type, p.is_disabled, p.default_database_name, l.hasaccess, l.denylogin FROM
sys.server_principals p LEFT JOIN sys.syslogins l
ON ( l.name = p.name ) WHERE p.type IN ( 'S', 'G', 'U' ) AND p.name ‘sa’
ELSE
DECLARE login_curs CURSOR FOR

SELECT p.sid, p.name, p.type, p.is_disabled, p.default_database_name, l.hasaccess, l.denylogin FROM
sys.server_principals p LEFT JOIN sys.syslogins l
ON ( l.name = p.name ) WHERE p.type IN ( ‘S’, ‘G’, ‘U’ ) AND p.name = @login_name
OPEN login_curs

FETCH NEXT FROM login_curs INTO @SID_varbinary, @name, @type, @is_disabled, @defaultdb, @hasaccess, @denylogin
IF (@@fetch_status = -1)
BEGIN
PRINT ‘No login(s) found.’
CLOSE login_curs
DEALLOCATE login_curs
RETURN -1
END
SET @tmpstr = ‘/* sp_help_revlogin script ‘
PRINT @tmpstr
SET @tmpstr = ‘** Generated ‘ + CONVERT (varchar, GETDATE()) + ‘ on ‘ + @@SERVERNAME + ‘ */’
PRINT @tmpstr
PRINT ”
WHILE (@@fetch_status -1)
BEGIN
IF (@@fetch_status -2)
BEGIN
PRINT ”
SET @tmpstr = ‘– Login: ‘ + @name
PRINT @tmpstr
IF (@type IN ( ‘G’, ‘U’))
BEGIN — NT authenticated account/group

SET @tmpstr = ‘CREATE LOGIN ‘ + QUOTENAME( @name ) + ‘ FROM WINDOWS WITH DEFAULT_DATABASE = [' + @defaultdb + ']‘
END
ELSE BEGIN — SQL Server authentication
— obtain password and sid
SET @PWD_varbinary = CAST( LOGINPROPERTY( @name, ‘PasswordHash’ ) AS varbinary (256) )
EXEC sp_hexadecimal @PWD_varbinary, @PWD_string OUT
EXEC sp_hexadecimal @SID_varbinary,@SID_string OUT

— obtain password policy state
SELECT @is_policy_checked = CASE is_policy_checked WHEN 1 THEN ‘ON’ WHEN 0 THEN ‘OFF’ ELSE NULL END FROM sys.sql_logins WHERE name = @name
SELECT @is_expiration_checked = CASE is_expiration_checked WHEN 1 THEN ‘ON’ WHEN 0 THEN ‘OFF’ ELSE NULL END FROM sys.sql_logins WHERE name = @name

SET @tmpstr = ‘CREATE LOGIN ‘ + QUOTENAME( @name ) + ‘ WITH PASSWORD = ‘ + @PWD_string + ‘ HASHED, SID = ‘ + @SID_string + ‘, DEFAULT_DATABASE = [' + @defaultdb + ']‘

IF ( @is_policy_checked IS NOT NULL )
BEGIN
SET @tmpstr = @tmpstr + ‘, CHECK_POLICY = ‘ + @is_policy_checked
END
IF ( @is_expiration_checked IS NOT NULL )
BEGIN
SET @tmpstr = @tmpstr + ‘, CHECK_EXPIRATION = ‘ + @is_expiration_checked
END
END
IF (@denylogin = 1)
BEGIN — login is denied access
SET @tmpstr = @tmpstr + ‘; DENY CONNECT SQL TO ‘ + QUOTENAME( @name )
END
ELSE IF (@hasaccess = 0)
BEGIN — login exists but does not have access
SET @tmpstr = @tmpstr + ‘; REVOKE CONNECT SQL TO ‘ + QUOTENAME( @name )
END
IF (@is_disabled = 1)
BEGIN — login is disabled
SET @tmpstr = @tmpstr + ‘; ALTER LOGIN ‘ + QUOTENAME( @name ) + ‘ DISABLE’
END
PRINT @tmpstr
END

FETCH NEXT FROM login_curs INTO @SID_varbinary, @name, @type, @is_disabled, @defaultdb, @hasaccess, @denylogin
END
CLOSE login_curs
DEALLOCATE login_curs
RETURN 0
GO

—– End Script —–
EXEC master..sp_help_revlogin
GO

By: patelbdevang

patelbdevang — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 06:31:42 +0000

Hi PinalSir,
can you please help me out with below error.

Msg 207, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_help_revlogin, Line 13
Invalid column name ‘srvid’.
Msg 207, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_help_revlogin, Line 11
Invalid column name ‘xstatus’.
Msg 207, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_help_revlogin, Line 19
Invalid column name ‘srvid’.
Msg 207, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_help_revlogin, Line 17
Invalid column name ‘xstatus’.
Msg 2812, Level 16, State 62, Line 2
Could not find stored procedure ‘master..sp_help_revlogin’.

By: madhivanan

madhivanan — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 06:34:03 +0000

It should be master..syslogins

By: sravan

sravan — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:16:40 +0000

Hi pinal,

Will help me to find out why i am getting above error.

By: sravan

sravan — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:15:31 +0000

Msg 208, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_help_revlogin, Line 11
Invalid object name ‘master..sysxlogins’.
i got this error message when i execute this message.

By: dba

dba — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 04:20:41 +0000

HI Pinal sir,

does the script work for SQL logins also?

By: dba

dba — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 04:19:16 +0000

HI Mittal,

we use mixed authentication.

will it work for windows logins+sql logins both or only windows logins?
if so how do I copy SQL logins?

Pls help

By: siva

siva — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 02:25:49 +0000

Hi Pinal,

I have sync the logins from Server A to Server B on every weekend
eg: in Server A we have 20 users & Logins after 7 days it will added 2 new users
i want to transer the this new users or logins with PW i m trying find the script for this but no luck do you any suggestions on this really help ful to me.
Tx

By: sk

sk — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 11:17:36 +0000

excellent

By: john

john — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:00:47 +0000

Do know a way to do a similar transfer with credentials?

By: R246

R246 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:22:14 +0000

Hello Pinal Dave,
Thanks for your post. I want to migrate my “Application role” with password between two sql server 2008 instances. Can you please help me on this, Thanks.

By: Akber Alwani

Akber Alwani — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 07:12:01 +0000

Guys,

There is another problem I found out that after running the scirpt the system is not accessible it says users does not exists what I found that it is looking now in SQL server database users name as case senstive whereas both sql 2000 (source db) and sql 2005 (target) db are configure using the same collation and locale.

But when you run the script this problem is arising like If I wanted to access the user I have to give UPPER CASE. because sql 2005 now using case sensitive users name. Password field is okay.

By: Rahul Trehan

Rahul Trehan — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 13:08:52 +0000

Hi raji thanks you but i am doing that and having sql server 2005 but thats not solving the problem

By: raji

raji — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:17:55 +0000

ya it possible but u have to shrink the tempdb and log files,
and also while taking backup take compressed backup.
i will helpfull

By: Rahul Trehan

Rahul Trehan — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:12:36 +0000

Hi Pinal,
I am having problem that when my sql performance seems sluggish i have to restart sql server.Is there any way to free memory & resources without restarting sql server?

By: Nishit Mittal

Nishit Mittal — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:39:39 +0000

Above one for MSSQL2008

By: Nishit Mittal

Nishit Mittal — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:38:50 +0000

SELECT @hexvalue = @charvalue
GO

DECLARE @defaultdb sysname

IF (@login_name IS NULL)
DECLARE login_curs CURSOR FOR

SELECT p.sid, p.name, p.type, p.is_disabled, p.default_database_name, l.hasaccess, l.denylogin FROM
sys.server_principals p LEFT JOIN sys.syslogins l
ON ( l.name = p.name ) WHERE p.type IN ( ‘S’, ‘G’, ‘U’ ) AND p.name = @login_name
OPEN login_curs

SET @tmpstr = ‘CREATE LOGIN ‘ + QUOTENAME( @name ) + ‘ WITH PASSWORD = ‘ + @PWD_string + ‘ HASHED, SID = ‘ + @SID_string + ‘, DEFAULT_DATABASE = [' + @defaultdb + ']‘

FETCH NEXT FROM login_curs INTO @SID_varbinary, @name, @type, @is_disabled, @defaultdb, @hasaccess, @denylogin
END
CLOSE login_curs
DEALLOCATE login_curs
RETURN 0
GO

EXEC sp_help_revlogin

By: Jayakrishna

Jayakrishna — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:01:19 +0000

Hi Sir,

I need the best practices how to move the existing MS SQL SERVER 2008 MGMt Studio, to the SQL server 2008 Eneterprise Edition.

My existing DB is publisher DB, and they should not get disturbed and i am expecting very low Downtime of the server.

And my New server is having 36Processors 64bit and 258GB RAM i need to use all the resources in the system,

Please suggest ASAP.

Thanks alot.

By: Dan Gagne

Dan Gagne — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 01:50:21 +0000

Doesn’t work. no such table as sysxlogins on my SQL Server 2005 SP3

By: sathesh

sathesh — Tue, 05 May 2009 06:56:08 +0000

Hi Pinal,

I have 1 small requirement. in production server i have around 30 logins , 50 jobs , replications and linked servers .
I want generate scripts for all logins,jobs, replication,and linkedservers how can i generator. is there any script for generation please help me pinal.

Thanks in advance.

–Satheesh

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:39:17 +0000

How do yo transfer logins & passwords from sql 2005 to sql 2000.
Can get it to work going forward but not backwards. Is this even possible?

By: Theresa

Theresa — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:42:02 +0000

Hey Pinal Dave,

Will this work when trying to migrate logins from SQL 2005 to 2008?