Create SQL Login

<![if !supportLists]>1.       <![endif]>CREATE a login for SQL Server  for windows authentication

      CREATE LOGIN [domainName\loginName] FROM WINDOWS;    

                                                     

<![if !supportLists]>2.       <![endif]>CREATE a login with password –( SQL Login) this will work from SQL 2000 onwards

CREATE LOGIN VenkatSangu WITH PASSWORD = 'password'

<![if !supportLists]>3.  <![endif]> CREATE a login with password and password must change when the user first time connecting to SQL Server  this will not support in older version i.e SQL Server 2000/2005

CREATE LOGIN VenkatSangu WITH PASSWORD='pwd@123pdw' MUST_CHANGE, DEFAULT_DATABASE=[master], CHECK_EXPIRATION=ON

     

To use MUST_CHANGE keyword must passwords must meet the following guidelines

<![if !supportLists]>·         <![endif]>The password does not contain the account name of the user.

<![if !supportLists]>·         <![endif]>The password is at least eight characters long.

<![if !supportLists]>·         <![endif]>The password contains characters from three of the following four categories:

<![if !supportLists]>·         <![endif]>Latin uppercase letters (A through Z)

<![if !supportLists]>·         <![endif]>Latin lowercase letters (a through z)

<![if !supportLists]>·         <![endif]>Base 10 digits (0 through 9)

<![if !supportLists]>·         <![endif]>Non-alphanumeric characters such as: exclamation point (!), dollar sign ($), number sign (#), or percent (%).

Thanks

Venkat Sangu

Scripting Server Permissions And Role Assignments

SET NOCOUNT ON

SELECT  'USE' + SPACE(1) + QUOTENAME('MASTER') AS '--Database Context'

-- Role Members 

SELECT  'EXEC sp_addsrvrolemember @rolename =' + SPACE(1)
        + QUOTENAME(usr1.name, '''') + ', @loginame =' + SPACE(1)
        + QUOTENAME(usr2.name, '''') AS '--Role Memberships' FROM    sys.server_principals AS usr1
        INNER JOIN sys.server_role_members AS rm ON usr1.principal_id = rm.role_principal_id
        INNER JOIN sys.server_principals AS usr2 ON rm.member_principal_id = usr2.principal_id ORDER BY rm.role_principal_id ASC

-- Permissions 

SELECT  server_permissions.state_desc COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
        + ' ' + server_permissions.permission_name COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
        + ' TO [' + server_principals.name COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
        + ']' AS '--Server Level Permissions' FROM    sys.server_permissions AS server_permissions WITH ( NOLOCK )
        INNER JOIN sys.server_principals AS server_principals WITH ( NOLOCK ) ONserver_permissions.grantee_principal_id = server_principals.principal_id WHERE   server_principals.type IN ( 'S', 'U', 'G' ) ORDER BY server_principals.name,
        server_permissions.state_desc,
        server_permissions.permission_name