PullSubscription.DistributorSecurity Property

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12/03/2008

Gets the security context used to connect to the Distributor.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Rmo (in microsoft.sqlserver.rmo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property DistributorSecurity As ConnectionSecurityContext

public ConnectionSecurityContext DistributorSecurity { get; }

public:
property ConnectionSecurityContext^ DistributorSecurity {
    ConnectionSecurityContext^ get ();
}

/** @property */
public ConnectionSecurityContext get_DistributorSecurity ()

public function get DistributorSecurity () : ConnectionSecurityContext

Property Value

A ConnectionSecurityContext object.

Remarks

To specify the security mode used by the Synchronization Agent when connecting from the Distributor to the Subscriber, set the security properties on the ConnectionSecurityContext object returned by DistributorSecurity. For an existing subscription, you must call Update to write changes to the server.

When possible, use Windows Authentication.

The DistributorSecurity property can only be retrieved by members of the sysadmin fixed server role at the Subscriber or by members of the db_owner fixed database role on the subscription database.

The DistributorSecurity property can only be set by members of the sysadmin fixed server role at the Subscriber or by members of the db_owner fixed database role on the subscription database.

Retrieving the DistributorSecurity property is equivalent to executing sp_helppullsubscription (Transact-SQL) or sp_helpmergepullsubscription (Transact-SQL).

Setting the DistributorSecurity property is equivalent to executing sp_addpullsubscription_agent (Transact-SQL), sp_addmergepullsubscription_agent (Transact-SQL), sp_changemergepullsubscription (Transact-SQL), or sp_change_subscription_properties (Transact-SQL).

The DistributorSecurity property is available with SQL Server 7.0, SQL Server 2000, and SQL Server 2005.

This namespace, class, or member is supported only in version 2.0 of the .NET Framework.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

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