LinkedServerLogin Class

The LinkedServerLogin object represents a Microsoft SQL Server logon account that has permission to connect to the linked server.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in microsoft.sqlserver.smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class LinkedServerLogin
    Inherits NamedSmoObject
    Implements ICreatable, IDroppable, IAlterable
public sealed class LinkedServerLogin : NamedSmoObject, ICreatable, IDroppable, IAlterable
public ref class LinkedServerLogin sealed : public NamedSmoObject, ICreatable, IDroppable, IAlterable
public final class LinkedServerLogin extends NamedSmoObject implements ICreatable, IDroppable, 
    IAlterable
public final class LinkedServerLogin extends NamedSmoObject implements ICreatable, IDroppable, 
    IAlterable

Remarks

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

To get LinkedServerLogin object properties, users can be a member of the public fixed server role.

To set LinkedServerLogin object properties, users must have ALTER ANY LOGIN permission on the server or be a member of the sysadmin fixed server role.

To create or drop a linked server login, users must have ALTER ANY LOGIN permission on the server or be a member of the sysadmin fixed server role.

To set the password for the linked server login, users must have ALTER ANY LOGIN permission on the server or be a member of the sysadmin fixed server role.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SmoObjectBase
     Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SqlSmoObject
       Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.NamedSmoObject
        Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.LinkedServerLogin

Example

How to: Link to an OLE-DB Provider Server in Visual Basic .NET

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.

See Also

Reference

LinkedServerLogin Members
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Using Linked Servers in SMO
Linking Servers
sp_addlinkedsrvlogin (Transact-SQL)