Publication.SnapshotGenerationAgentPublisherSecurity Property

Article
12/03/2008

Gets the security context used by the Snapshot Agent to connect to the Publisher.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Rmo (in microsoft.sqlserver.rmo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property SnapshotGenerationAgentPublisherSecurity As IConnectionSecurityContext

public IConnectionSecurityContext SnapshotGenerationAgentPublisherSecurity { get; }

public:
property IConnectionSecurityContext^ SnapshotGenerationAgentPublisherSecurity {
    IConnectionSecurityContext^ get ();
}

/** @property */
public IConnectionSecurityContext get_SnapshotGenerationAgentPublisherSecurity ()

public function get SnapshotGenerationAgentPublisherSecurity () : IConnectionSecurityContext

Property Value

An IConnectionSecurityContext object that represents the security context used by the Snapshot Agent to connect to the Publisher.

Remarks

Call Update after changing the properties on the returned IConnectionSecurityContext object.

The SnapshotGenerationAgentPublisherSecurity property can only be retrieved by members of the sysadmin fixed server role at the Publisher or by members of the db_owner fixed database role on the publication database.

Properties of the returned IConnectionSecurityContext object can only be set by members of the sysadmin fixed server role at the Publisher or by members of the db_owner fixed database role on the publication database.

Retrieving the SnapshotGenerationAgentProcessSecurity property is equivalent to executing sp_helppublication_snapshot (Transact-SQL).

Setting properties of the returned IConnectionSecurityContext object is equivalent to executing sp_addpublication_snapshot (Transact-SQL) or sp_changepublication_snapshot (Transact-SQL).

This namespace, class, or member is supported only in version 2.0 of the .NET Framework.

Security Note:
When possible, prompt users to enter security credentials at run time. If you must store credentials, use the cryptographic services provided by the Windows .NET Framework.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms