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RemotePassword Property

This feature will be removed in a future version of Microsoft SQL Server. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature.

The RemotePassword property specifies a password used when a distributed query, or another Microsoft SQL Server process, accesses a data store using a linked server OLE DB data source definition.

Syntax

object.RemotePassword=value

Parts

  • object
    An expression that evaluates to an object in the Applies To list

  • value
    A string that matches the SQL Server data type sysname.

Data Type

String

Modifiable

Write-only prior to adding the LinkedServerLogin object to its containing LinkedServerLogins collection.

Prototype (C/C++)

HRESULT SetRemotePassword(SQLDMO_LPCSTR NewValue);

Remarks

When an OLE DB data source definition, called a linked server, is created, a login record is created that simply passes connection authentication data to the linked server when an attempt is made to establish a connection to the data source.

Configure a linked server definition to use specific authentication data by creating additional records mapping logins on the linking server. For more information about using SQL Distributed Management Objects (SQL-DMO) to configure linked server security, see LinkedServerLogin Object

Creating a LinkedServerLoginobject and modifying a RemotePassword property value require membership in either the sysadmin or securityadmin role.