Re: using a certificate as login account



No, it is not possible. What is possible is to log in into Windows using a
smartcard /certificate, then connecting to SQL Server using Windows
authentication.
The certificates stored in SQL Server can be used for code signing, for data
signing and encryption, for key encryption, for Service Broker
authentication. But they cannot be used for user login authentication.

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HTH,
~ Remus Rusanu

SQL Service Broker
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms166043(en-US,SQL.90).aspx


"Peter" <Peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In SQL Server 2005, is it possible to use a user certificate as login
account
rather than using SQL Server account or Windows account? If yes, how does
a
connection string look like?
Thanks
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Peter



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