Changing password for 'sa'

  • Hi all,

    On one of the servers the password for 'sa' must be changed and I'm trying to figure out possible impacts this can cause on the system.

    I suppose if the application has been set up to use this account (that should not be the case of course) then the password must be changed also there. Besides, I'm not sure whether the Agent Jobs under owner 'sa' will succeed in the future... Any ideas, please? Thank you.

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  • Agent jobs that run as sa don't use the password (or at least, they shouldn't), but yes, if you have apps that are dependent on the SQL 'sa' login, they will have to be updated.

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  • Wat abt maintanence plans running under user 'sa'?

    Regards,

    Sushant

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    Sushant Kumar

  • SKYBVI (2/14/2011)


    Wat abt maintanence plans running under user 'sa'?

    Regards,

    Sushant

    Those are usually running from SQL Agent and should not be an issue. If you call them in other ways, all bets are off.

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  • Thanks very much for your response!

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