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Does anyone have an updated Capture Logins Script that can be run on data running on SQL Server 2014 to be restored to a new server running SQL Server 2016? I don't find anything past Sql Server 2012.
Thanks in advance for your help!
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Thank You Mario. This one worked for me!
Hi Peggy,
Did Mariano or Derek's suggestions work? If so please consider marking one/both of them as an answer to your question, to help out the next person who asks!
Thx
Jen
This should work:
- /************************************************************************************************
- *
- * Purpose: To capture all the SQL Server logins with the binary password regardless of SQL version.
- * Script is compatiable with SQL 7 / 2000 / 2005/ 2008 / 2008R2 / 2012.
- * Need to save the results to a text file and run within a new query window.
- *
- * Created Date: Inital - 01/13/2006
- *
- * Revsions: 01/15/2006 - Made some formatting changes to the output text.
- * 01/16/2006 - Made syntax change to account for Binary version of SQL Server.
- * 01/16/2006 - Change version SQL version check because of syntax differences between SQL 2000 and 2005 with @@version.
- * 04/10/2007 - Made change to deal with user names that begin with numbers instead of characters.
- * 11/14/2008 - Made syntax change to update for SQL 2008
- * 08/26/2010 - Made syntax change to update for SQL 2008 R2
- * 12/20/2012 - Made syntax change to update for SQL 2012
- * 05/02/2014 - Changed version number check to handle SQL 2012 SP1 (and all future versions)
- *
- ************************************************************************************************/
- 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(256) OUTPUT
- AS
- DECLARE @charvalue varchar(256)
- 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 @xstatus int
- DECLARE @binpwd varbinary (256)
- DECLARE @txtpwd sysname
- DECLARE @tmpstr varchar (256)
- DECLARE @SID_varbinary varbinary(85)
- DECLARE @SID_string varchar(256)
- IF (@login_name IS NULL)
- DECLARE login_curs CURSOR FOR
- SELECT sid, name, xstatus, password FROM master..sysxlogins
- WHERE srvid IS NULL AND name <> 'sa'
- ELSE
- DECLARE login_curs CURSOR FOR
- SELECT sid, name, xstatus, password FROM master..sysxlogins
- WHERE srvid IS NULL AND name = @login_name
- OPEN login_curs
- FETCH NEXT FROM login_curs INTO @SID_varbinary, @name, @xstatus, @binpwd
- 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 ''
- PRINT 'DECLARE @pwd sysname'
- WHILE (@@fetch_status <> -1)
- BEGIN
- IF (@@fetch_status <> -2)
- BEGIN
- PRINT ''
- SET @tmpstr = '-- Login: ' + @name
- PRINT @tmpstr
- IF (@xstatus & 4) = 4
- BEGIN -- NT authenticated account/group
- IF (@xstatus & 1) = 1
- BEGIN -- NT login is denied access
- SET @tmpstr = 'EXEC master..sp_denylogin ''' + @name + ''''
- PRINT @tmpstr
- END
- ELSE BEGIN -- NT login has access
- SET @tmpstr = 'EXEC master..sp_grantlogin ''' + @name + ''''
- PRINT @tmpstr
- END
- END
- ELSE BEGIN -- SQL Server authentication
- IF (@binpwd IS NOT NULL)
- BEGIN -- Non-null password
- EXEC sp_hexadecimal @binpwd, @txtpwd OUT
- IF (@xstatus & 2048) = 2048
- SET @tmpstr = 'SET @pwd = CONVERT (varchar(256), ' + @txtpwd + ')'
- ELSE
- SET @tmpstr = 'SET @pwd = CONVERT (varbinary(256), ' + @txtpwd + ')'
- PRINT @tmpstr
- EXEC sp_hexadecimal @SID_varbinary,@SID_string OUT
- SET @tmpstr = 'EXEC master..sp_addlogin ''' + @name + ''
- + ''', @pwd, @sid = ' + @SID_string + ', @encryptopt = '
- END
- ELSE BEGIN
- -- Null password
- EXEC sp_hexadecimal @SID_varbinary,@SID_string OUT
- SET @tmpstr = 'EXEC master..sp_addlogin ''' + @name + ''
- + ''', NULL, @sid = ' + @SID_string + ', @encryptopt = '
- END
- IF (@xstatus & 2048) = 2048
- -- login upgraded from 6.5
- SET @tmpstr = @tmpstr + '''skip_encryption_old'''
- ELSE
- SET @tmpstr = @tmpstr + '''skip_encryption'''
- PRINT @tmpstr
- END
- END
- FETCH NEXT FROM login_curs INTO @SID_varbinary, @name, @xstatus, @binpwd
- END
- CLOSE login_curs
- DEALLOCATE login_curs
- RETURN 0
- GO
- IF OBJECT_ID ('seeMigrateSQLLogins') IS NOT NULL
- DROP PROCEDURE seeMigrateSQLLogins
- GO
- create procedure seeMigrateSQLLogins @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
- if cast(ltrim(substring(@@version, patindex('%[0-9].[0-9]%', @@version)-1,4)) as decimal(4,2)) >= 9.0
- Begin
- exec seeMigrateSQLLogins
- End
- Else
- begin
- exec sp_help_revlogin
- End
- IF OBJECT_ID ('sp_hexadecimal') IS NOT NULL
- DROP PROCEDURE sp_hexadecimal
- GO
- IF OBJECT_ID ('sp_help_revlogin') IS NOT NULL
- DROP PROCEDURE sp_help_revlogin
- GO
- IF OBJECT_ID ('seeMigrateSQLLogins') IS NOT NULL
- DROP PROCEDURE seeMigrateSQLLogins
- GO
- /* End Script */
The CaptureLogins script in KB 878449 hasn't been updated for anything newer than SQL 2012, I believe.
Instead, you can use the following:
KB 918992 - How to transfer logins and passwords between instances of SQL Server
support.microsoft.com/.../how-to-transfer-logins-and-passwords-between-instances-of-sql-server
I've sent this out before and it seems to work even on newer SQL versions.
Thanks
Sandip,
Thanks for the script but it didn't work. Got the following error: Msg 208, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_help_revlogin, Line 255
Invalid object name 'master..sysxlogins'.
Hello Peggy,
Please go through below script- I hope it will work.
/************************************************************************************************
*
* Purpose: To capture all the SQL Server logins with the binary password regardless of SQL version.
* Script is compatiable with SQL 7 / 2000 / 2005/ 2008 / 2008R2 / 2012.
* Need to save the results to a text file and run within a new query window.
*
* Created Date: Inital - 01/13/2006
*
* Revsions: 01/15/2006 - Made some formatting changes to the output text.
* 01/16/2006 - Made syntax change to account for Binary version of SQL Server.
* 01/16/2006 - Change version SQL version check because of syntax differences between SQL 2000 and 2005 with @@version.
* 04/10/2007 - Made change to deal with user names that begin with numbers instead of characters.
* 11/14/2008 - Made syntax change to update for SQL 2008
* 08/26/2010 - Made syntax change to update for SQL 2008 R2
* 12/20/2012 - Made syntax change to update for SQL 2012
* 04/30/2014 - Changed version number check to handle SQL 2012 SP1 (and all future versions)
*
************************************************************************************************/
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(256) OUTPUT
AS
DECLARE @charvalue varchar(256)
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 @xstatus int
DECLARE @binpwd varbinary (256)
DECLARE @txtpwd sysname
DECLARE @tmpstr varchar (256)
DECLARE @SID_varbinary varbinary(85)
DECLARE @SID_string varchar(256)
IF (@login_name IS NULL)
DECLARE login_curs CURSOR FOR
SELECT sid, name, xstatus, password FROM master..sysxlogins
WHERE srvid IS NULL AND name <> 'sa'
ELSE
DECLARE login_curs CURSOR FOR
SELECT sid, name, xstatus, password FROM master..sysxlogins
WHERE srvid IS NULL AND name = @login_name
OPEN login_curs
FETCH NEXT FROM login_curs INTO @SID_varbinary, @name, @xstatus, @binpwd
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 ''
PRINT 'DECLARE @pwd sysname'
WHILE (@@fetch_status <> -1)
BEGIN
IF (@@fetch_status <> -2)
BEGIN
PRINT ''
SET @tmpstr = '-- Login: ' + @name
PRINT @tmpstr
IF (@xstatus & 4) = 4
BEGIN -- NT authenticated account/group
IF (@xstatus & 1) = 1
BEGIN -- NT login is denied access
SET @tmpstr = 'EXEC master..sp_denylogin ''' + @name + ''''
PRINT @tmpstr
END
ELSE BEGIN -- NT login has access
SET @tmpstr = 'EXEC master..sp_grantlogin ''' + @name + ''''
PRINT @tmpstr
END
END
ELSE BEGIN -- SQL Server authentication
IF (@binpwd IS NOT NULL)
BEGIN -- Non-null password
EXEC sp_hexadecimal @binpwd, @txtpwd OUT
IF (@xstatus & 2048) = 2048
SET @tmpstr = 'SET @pwd = CONVERT (varchar(256), ' + @txtpwd + ')'
ELSE
SET @tmpstr = 'SET @pwd = CONVERT (varbinary(256), ' + @txtpwd + ')'
PRINT @tmpstr
EXEC sp_hexadecimal @SID_varbinary,@SID_string OUT
SET @tmpstr = 'EXEC master..sp_addlogin ''' + @name + ''
+ ''', @pwd, @sid = ' + @SID_string + ', @encryptopt = '
END
ELSE BEGIN
-- Null password
EXEC sp_hexadecimal @SID_varbinary,@SID_string OUT
SET @tmpstr = 'EXEC master..sp_addlogin ''' + @name + ''
+ ''', NULL, @sid = ' + @SID_string + ', @encryptopt = '
END
IF (@xstatus & 2048) = 2048
-- login upgraded from 6.5
SET @tmpstr = @tmpstr + '''skip_encryption_old'''
ELSE
SET @tmpstr = @tmpstr + '''skip_encryption'''
PRINT @tmpstr
END
END
FETCH NEXT FROM login_curs INTO @SID_varbinary, @name, @xstatus, @binpwd
END
CLOSE login_curs
DEALLOCATE login_curs
RETURN 0
GO
IF OBJECT_ID ('seeMigrateSQLLogins') IS NOT NULL
DROP PROCEDURE seeMigrateSQLLogins
GO
create procedure seeMigrateSQLLogins @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
if (ltrim(substring(@@version, patindex('%[0-9].[0-9]%', @@version)-1,4)) in ('9.0','10.0','10.5','11.0') )
Begin
exec seeMigrateSQLLogins
End
Else
begin
exec sp_help_revlogin
End
IF OBJECT_ID ('sp_hexadecimal') IS NOT NULL
DROP PROCEDURE sp_hexadecimal
GO
IF OBJECT_ID ('sp_help_revlogin') IS NOT NULL
DROP PROCEDURE sp_help_revlogin
GO
IF OBJECT_ID ('seeMigrateSQLLogins') IS NOT NULL
DROP PROCEDURE seeMigrateSQLLogins
GO
/* End Script */
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