sp_helpremotelogin (Transact-SQL)

Reports information about remote logins for a particular remote server, or for all remote servers, defined on the local server.

Note

This feature will be removed in the next version of Microsoft SQL Server. Do not use this feature in new development work, and modify applications that currently use this feature as soon as possible. Use linked servers and linked server stored procedures instead.

Topic link iconTransact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

sp_helpremotelogin [ [ @remoteserver = ] 'remoteserver' ] 
     [ , [ @remotename = ] 'remote_name' ]

Arguments

  • [ @remoteserver = ] 'remoteserver'
    Is the remote server about which the remote login information is returned. remoteserver is sysname, with a default of NULL. If remoteserver is not specified, information about all remote servers defined on the local server is returned.

  • [ @remotename = ] 'remote_name'
    Is a specific remote login on the remote server. remote_name is sysname, with a default of NULL. If remote_name is not specified, information about all remote users defined for remoteserver is returned.

Return Code Values

0 (success) or 1 (failure)

Result Sets

Column name

Data type

Description

server

sysname

Name of a remote server defined on the local server.

local_user_name

sysname

Login on the local server that remote logins from server map to.

remote_user_name

sysname

Login on the remote server that maps to local_user_name.

options

sysname

Trusted = The remote login does not need to supply a password when connecting to the local server from the remote server.

Untrusted (or blank) = The remote login is prompted for a password when connecting to the local server from the remote server.

Remarks

Use sp_helpserver to list the names of remote servers defined on the local server.

Permissions

No permissions are checked.

Examples

A. Reporting help on a single server

The following example displays information about all remote users on the remote server Accounts.

EXEC sp_helpremotelogin 'Accounts'

B. Reporting help on all remote users

The following example displays information about all remote users on all remote servers known to the local server.

EXEC sp_helpremotelogin