So we use LANDesk here, configured so that we have a core server, and a 
separate (SQL2000) database server. Now, I need to upgrade *just* the 
database server to SQL2005.  I have a forum post that tells me how to do 
that (surprisingly easy, if it works ...). However, what I need to do is 
have the same SQL user defined on the new database server. The user is 
just a SQL user (i.e., the "Logins" list it just as "LD", not "domain\LD".

And, of course, no one can find the documentation for what that password 
is. <SIGH>

So what I need is some way to find that password, if I can, and it when 
creating the new user on the new SQL2005 server, so that when LANDesk goes 
to access it using it's current credentials, it should Just Work. I 
realize I could change the current password in SQL (and in LANDesk 
svccfg), but I don't want to take a chance on breaking the currently 
working system. If it doesn't work after I point LANDesk at it's new db 
server, I can just re-point back at the old server, without having to mess 
with any other settings.

SO ... has anybody done something similar (i.e., upgrade *just* a LANDesk 
database server to a new version)? Or know of some way to either recover 
the SQL user's password, or - failing that - perhaps port all the current 
SQL2000 users and passwords to the new SQL2005 server?

(as you can tell, I know very little about SQL. Outside of backing 
up/restoring databases, and creating users, I start to get confused ....)

Thanks

-- 
Michael Leone
Network Administrator, ISM
Philadelphia Housing Authority
2500 Jackson St
Philadelphia, PA 19145
Tel:  215-684-4180
Cell: 215-252-0143
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