Log to find all the 'FAILED LOGIN ATTEMPTS' in SQL Server 2005

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Log to find all the 'FAILED LOGIN ATTEMPTS' in SQL Server 2005

Joy Smith San

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June 2, 2010 at 10:30 pm

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Dear All,
Is there any log to find all the 'FAILED LOGIN ATTEMPTS' in SQL Server 2005. ?
Thanks.

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Schadenfreude-Mei SSChampion Points: 14083 More actions · Answer 1

Failed logins arent held in their own log perse. They are all in the SQL Server log.

If you want to get all the failed logins, your best bet is to open the SQL Server Error log (selecting the required log segment) and then apply a filter to look for 'login'.

Keep in mind there are two types of login failure. One is the straight forward login failure where a user/connection/host does not have any access (no or denied login) and the second is sspi handshake which indicates an authenticated login is trying to do something above their access level.

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chandraa.bollineni SSC Enthusiast Points: 193 More actions · Answer 2

Hi,

This is Chandra regarding SQL Server Logs.

how to check all SQL Logs like daily i am(chandra) going to log at 9am and doing some

activities like....database moving and etc..and logoff at 6pm....Now i want to check like"chandra at what time login and activities and logoff".

I am not able to see from "sql server agent-->error logs".

please give a solution

Thanks & Regards,

Chandra

chandraa.bollineni SSC Enthusiast Points: 193 More actions · Answer 3

Hi,

This is Chandra regarding SQL Server Logs.

how to check all SQL Logs like daily i am(chandra) going to log at 9am and doing some

activities like....database moving and etc..and logoff at 6pm....Now i want to check like"chandra at what time login and activities and logoff".

I am not able to see from "sql server agent-->error logs".

please give a solution to chandraa.bollineni@gmail.com

Thanks & Regards,

Chandra

mahesh.dasoni SSCommitted Points: 1653 More actions · Answer 4

Go to sql server instance properties->Security->Login Auditing->Select Both failed and successful login.

This will be recorded in sql server log or u can view by running sp_readerrorlog/ xp_readerrorlog

chandraa.bollineni SSC Enthusiast Points: 193 More actions · Answer 5

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

I already checked in this way and it's already fixed those settings like both failed and successful logins.But i am not able to see what are the activities has done by partcular user like chandra did backup and restoration at that time......

Daily i am going to login at 9am and did one activity like database moving and taking backup and going to logoff at 6pm.

so,i want to see "chandra logged in at 9am,and did backup and some activities and logged off at 6pm".

I hope you can understand my issue.

Please reply....

Thanks & Regards,

Chandra

Lowell SSC Guru Points: 323504 More actions · Answer 6

chandraa.bollineni (11/4/2011)
Hi,
Thanks for your reply.
I already checked in this way and it's already fixed those settings like both failed and successful logins.But i am not able to see what are the activities has done by partcular user like chandra did backup and restoration at that time......
Daily i am going to login at 9am and did one activity like database moving and taking backup and going to logoff at 6pm.
so,i want to see "chandra logged in at 9am,and did backup and some activities and logged off at 6pm".
I hope you can understand my issue.
Please reply....
Thanks & Regards,
Chandra

There's nothing that exists by default with that level of detail...you can get some stuff fromt eh default trace related to DDL events,,,it's the "did some activities" and logout that's not going to be available without a better definition and some additional tracing, i think.

You'll have to use a server side trace, and actually decide what events you want to actually capture....

two of the things you asked for would be these two events, but you can see the possible events to track in :the query

select * from sys.server_events

LOGON

AUDIT_BACKUP_RESTORE_EVENT

Lowell

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