What is the difference between login and a user?

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What is the difference between login and a user?..

Answer / laxman

Login is to connect sql server & user is connect individual
db in server.
every db user will maped with login.

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What is the difference between login and a user?..

Answer / visala

login is server level and user is database level.

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What is the difference between login and a user?..

Answer / dharmendra k. dixit

Login is the way of authentication into MSSQLServer,
and Users are the members of that Authentication as per
their Access rights for a specific DataBase.

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What is the difference between login and a user?..

Answer / peter jacob

A login defines access privillege to the SQL Server. A user
defines the accessible objects and rights the login has.

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What is the difference between login and a user?..

Answer / sivakumar

Login is authentication into server level
And Users is authentication into object level.

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What is the difference between login and a user?..

Answer / hameed

Login means authentication to server (access to MSSQLSERVER)
where as User means Login is authenticated with rights and
permissions to access the database objects (roles assigned
to Login)

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What is the difference between login and a user?..

Answer / siva

login is server level and user is Object level.

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What is the difference between login and a user?..

Answer / potula

login defines access privillege to sql server. A user
defines the accessible objects and rights the login has

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What is the difference between login and a user?..

Answer / sky

A login without a DB User will not have access to the
database or will access to only databases that have built
in Guest users created (by default, guest users are present
in Master & MSDB DB). DB User without a SQL Server login is
not possible. Each DB User must be related to a SQL Login.

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What is the difference between login and a user?..

Answer / nidhi shah

A SQL Server login allows a user to connect to a server. A
login is the base concept.

Database user is associated with a login to allow specific
permissions on that database.



DB user without SQL Server login: not possible to create, a
Database User MUST be
related to a SQL Server login.

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