BUG: Transfer Manager Encrypts Passwords Twice

ID: Q154163

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

In SQL Server 6.0, when logins are transferred from one server to another using Transfer Manager, the passwords are not transferred correctly. The password that gets stored on the destination server gets encrypted twice.


WORKAROUND

Use SEM to generate SQL scripts for login, and execute that on the destination server. This will transfer the password as NULL, and the users can change that next time they log on.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft SQL Server version 6.0. This problem does not occur in SQL 6.5. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.


MORE INFORMATION

In SQL Server 6.5, the transfer utility transfers NULL password, and the log file created contains a message such as:

::Warning::
Transfer Status: Scripting Logins
The login 'Albert' was scripted with a Null password for security reasons.

Additional query words: Transfer Manager 


Keywords          : kbnetwork SSrvTrans 
Version           : 6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        :

Last Reviewed: March 31, 1999