sp_helplogins
Provides information about logins and the associated users in each database.
Syntax
sp_helplogins [ [ @LoginNamePattern = ] 'login' ]
Arguments
[@LoginNamePattern =] 'login'
Is a login name. login is sysname, with a default of NULL. login must exist if specified. If login is not specified, information about all logins is returned.
Return Code Values
0 (success) or 1 (failure)
Result Sets
The first report contains information about each login specified.
| Column name | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| LoginName | sysname | Login name. |
| SID | varbinary(85) | Login security identifier. |
| DefDBName | sysname | Default database that LoginName uses when connecting to Microsoft® SQL Server™. |
| DefLangName | sysname | Default language used by LoginName. |
| Auser | char(5) | Yes = LoginName has an associated user name in a database. No = LoginName does not have an associated user name. |
| ARemote | char(7) | Yes = LoginName has an associated remote login. No = LoginName does not have an associated login. |
The second report contains information about users and aliases associated with each login.
| Column name | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| LoginName | sysname | Login name. |
| DBName | sysname | Default database that LoginName uses when connecting to SQL Server. |
| UserName | sysname | User account that LoginName is mapped to in DBName, and the roles that LoginName is a member of in DBName. |
| UserOrAlias | char(8) | MemberOf = UserName is a role. User = UserName is a user account. |
Remarks
Before removing logins, use sp_helplogins to determine the user accounts the login maps to.
Permissions
Only members of the sysadmin and securityadmin fixed server roles can execute sp_helplogins.
sp_helplogins must check all databases on the server to determine the user accounts in those databases associated with the logins. Therefore, for each database on the server, one of these must apply:
- The user executing sp_helplogins must have permissions to access the database.
- The guest user account must exist in the database.
If a database cannot be accessed, sp_helplogins displays error message 15622 and as much information as it can for logins associated with user accounts in those databases.
Examples
This example reports information about the login John.
EXEC sp_helplogins 'John'
go
LoginName SID DefDBName DefLangName AUser ARemote
--------- -------------------------- --------- ----------- ----- -------
John 0x23B348613497D11190C100C master us_english yes no
(1 row(s) affected)
LoginName DBName UserName UserOrAlias
--------- ------ -------- -----------
John pubs John User
(1 row(s) affected)