move logins

  • Hi,

    I want to move all logins along with their roles from one database to another database. As there as so many logins so that we cant do it manually.Can anyone provide scripts for that.

    [font="Comic Sans MS"]+++BLADE+++[/font]:cool:

  • Microsoft provides some stored procedure to do this in a scripted operation that can be found on the following link:

    http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SQLExamples/Wiki/View.aspx?title=TransferLogins

    a good primer on how to do this using SSIS is also available on the following link:

    http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SQLExamples/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Transfer%20Jobs%20and%20Logins%20using%20SSIS

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  • Try this...

    USE MASTER

    GO

    SET NOCOUNT ON -- Turn off Rows Affected Message in output script

    SELECT -- Create Windows Logins

    CHAR(13) + CHAR(10) + '-- ADD WINDOWS LOGIN ' + name

    + CHAR(13) + CHAR(10) + 'CREATE LOGIN ['

    + name + '] FROM WINDOWS'

    + CHAR(13) + CHAR(10) + CHAR(9) + 'WITH DEFAULT_DATABASE = ['

    + default_database_name + ']'

    + CHAR(13) + CHAR(10) + CHAR(9) + ', DEFAULT_LANGUAGE = ['

    + default_language_name + ']'

    FROM sys.server_principals

    WHERE name NOT IN ( 'builtin\administrators', 'nt authority\system', 'NT Authorityetwork service')

    AND TYPE_DESC IN ('WINDOWS_LOGIN', 'WINDOWS_GROUP')

    AND name NOT LIKE '%\SQLServer2005MSFTEUser$%'

    AND name NOT LIKE '%\SQLServer2005MSSQLUser$%'

    AND name NOT LIKE '%\SQLServer2005SQLAgentUser$%'

    UNION ALL

    SELECT

    -- Create SQL Server logins

    CHAR(13) + CHAR(10) + '-- ADD SQL LOGIN ' + name

    + CHAR(13) + CHAR(10) + 'CREATE LOGIN ['

    + name + ']'

    + CHAR(13) + CHAR(10) + CHAR(9) + 'WITH PASSWORD = '

    + coalesce(dbo.fn_varbintohexstr(password_hash), 'NULL') + ' HASHED'

    + CHAR(13) + CHAR(10) + CHAR(9) + ', DEFAULT_DATABASE = ['

    + default_database_name + ']'

    + CHAR(13) + CHAR(10) + CHAR(9) + ', DEFAULT_LANGUAGE = ['

    + default_language_name + ']'

    + CHAR(13) + CHAR(10) + CHAR(9) + ', SID = '

    + dbo.fn_varbintohexstr(sid)

    + CHAR(13) + CHAR(10) + CHAR(9) + ', CHECK_EXPIRATION = '

    + CASE is_expiration_checked

    WHEN 1 THEN 'ON'

    WHEN 0 THEN 'OFF'

    ELSE ''

    END

    + CHAR(13) + CHAR(10) + CHAR(9) + ', CHECK_POLICY = '

    + CASE is_policy_checked

    WHEN 1 THEN 'ON'

    WHEN 0 THEN 'OFF'

    ELSE ''

    END

    FROM sys.sql_logins

    WHERE name 'sa'

    UNION ALL

    -- Create sp_denylogin for Windows Login

    SELECT CHAR(13) + CHAR(10) + '-- Disable LOGIN ' + name

    + CHAR(13) + CHAR(10) + 'ALTER LOGIN ['

    + name + '] DISABLE'

    FROM sys.server_principals

    WHERE is_disabled = 1

    AND name 'sa'

    AND name NOT IN ( 'builtin\administrators', 'nt authority\system', 'NT Authorityetwork service')

    AND name NOT LIKE '%\SQLServer2005MSFTEUser$%'

    AND name NOT LIKE '%\SQLServer2005MSSQLUser$%'

    AND name NOT LIKE '%\SQLServer2005SQLAgentUser$%'

    UNION ALL

    -- Create sp_addsrvrolemember

    SELECT CHAR(13) + CHAR(10) + '-- ADD SERVER ROLE TO LOGIN ' + sp1.name

    + CHAR(13) + CHAR(10) + 'exec sp_addsrvrolemember @loginame = ['

    + sp1.name + ']'

    + CHAR(13) + CHAR(10) + CHAR(9) + ', @rolename = ' + sp2.name

    FROM sys.server_principals sp1

    INNER JOIN sys.server_role_members rm

    ON sp1.principal_id = rm.member_principal_id

    INNER JOIN sys.server_principals sp2

    ON rm.role_principal_id = sp2.principal_id

    WHERE sp1.name 'sa'

    AND sp1.name NOT IN ( 'builtin\administrators', 'nt authority\system', 'NT Authorityetwork service')

    AND sp1.name NOT LIKE '%\SQLServer2005MSFTEUser$%'

    AND sp1.name NOT LIKE '%\SQLServer2005MSSQLUser$%'

    AND sp1.name NOT LIKE '%\SQLServer2005SQLAgentUser$'

  • Jonathan,

    I'm nt telling about moving logins from one server to another.I wabt to move logins between databases.

    [font="Comic Sans MS"]+++BLADE+++[/font]:cool:

  • The security principal at the database level is called a user, not a login. I think that's what confused the previous posters. I've used a version of this script to script users, permissions, and role membership and it works well: http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/scripts/Miscellaneous/30515/

    Greg

  • Oh i'm sorry.....it was just my mistake.............actually i meant about the users

    [font="Comic Sans MS"]+++BLADE+++[/font]:cool:

  • BLADE (5/11/2009)


    Oh i'm sorry.....it was just my mistake.............actually i meant about the users

    No worries, it happens at times.

    I like to use the script by Narayana Vyas Kondreddi to copy database user permissions because it is based on the 2005 DMV's:

    http://vyaskn.tripod.com/scripting_permissions_in_sql_server_2005.htm

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