Re: SQL password




"adrian" <adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Under SQL database server authentication, is the username and password are
stored in clear text in the system tables?

No they are encrypted, take a look for yourself:

SELECT name, password FROM master..sysxlogins


-Mark



Adrian


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