sp_changereplicationserverpasswords (Transact-SQL)

Changes stored passwords for the Microsoft Windows account or Microsoft SQL Server login used by replication agents when connecting to servers in a replication topology. You would normally have to change a password for each individual agent running at a server, even if they all use the same login or account. This stored procedure enables you to change the password for all instances of a given SQL Server Login or Windows account used by all replication agents that run at a server. This stored procedure is executed at any server in the replication topology on the master database.

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

sp_changereplicationserverpasswords [ @login_type = ] login_type
        , [ @login = ] 'login' 
        , [ @password = ] 'password'
    [ , [ @server = ] 'server' ]

Arguments

• [ @login_type = ] login_type
  Is the type of authentication for the supplied credentials. login_type is tinyint, with no default.

  1 = Windows Integrated Authentication

  0 = SQL Server Authentication

• [ @login = ] 'login'
  Is the name of the Windows account or SQL Server login being changed. login is nvarchar(257), with no default

• [ @password = ] 'password'
  Is the new password to be stored for the specified login. password is sysname, with no default.

  Note

  After changing a replication password, you must stop and restart each agent that uses the password before the change takes effect for that agent.

• [ @server = ] 'server'
  Is the server connection for which the stored password is being changed. server is sysname, and can be one of these values:

  Value	Description
  distributor	All agent connections to the Distributor.
  publisher	All agent connections to the Publisher.
  subscriber	All agent connections to the Subscriber.
  % (default)	All agent connections to all servers in a replication topology.

Return Code Values

0 (success) or 1 (failure)

Remarks

sp_changereplicationserverpasswords is used with all types of replication.

Permissions

Only members of the sysadmin fixed server role can execute sp_changereplicationserverpasswords.

See Also

Concepts

View and Modify Replication Security Settings