The RemoteUser property specifies a login name used when a distributed query, or another SQL Server process, accesses a data store using a linked server OLE DB data source definition.
object.RemoteUser [= value]
| Part | Description |
|---|---|
| object | Expression that evaluates to an object in the Applies To list |
| value | String matching the SQL Server data type sysname |
When a persisted OLE DB data source definition, called a linked server, is created, a login record is created that simply passes connection authentication data to the linked server when attempting to establish a connection to the data source.
Configure a linked server definition to use a specific authentication data by creating additional records mapping logins on the linking server. For more information about using SQL-DMO to configure linked server security, see LinkedServerLogin Object.
Creating a LinkedServerLogin object, and modifying a RemoteUser property value, requires membership in either sysadmin or securityadmin roles.
String
Read/write prior to adding the LinkedServerLogin object to its containing LinkedServerLogins collection. Read-only for LinkedServerLogin objects referencing existing login mappings.
HRESULT GetRemoteUser(SQLDMO_LPBSTR pRetVal);
HRESULT SetRemoteUser(SQLDMO_LPCSTR NewValue);
Note SQL-DMO strings are always returned as OLE BSTR objects. A C/C++ application obtains a reference to the string. The application must release the reference by using SysFreeString.