What is a difference between a login and a user account?

What is difference between login and user?

A "Login" grants the principal entry into the SERVER. A "User" grants a login entry into a single DATABASE. One "Login" can be associated with many users (one per database).

What is a login user?

The user credentials are typically some form of username and a matching password, and these credentials themselves are sometimes referred to as a login (or logon, sign-in, sign-on). In practice, modern secure systems often require a second factor such as email or SMS confirmation for extra security.

Is a user account a user?

A user account is comprised of a username, password and any information related to the user. Most networks which need to be accessed by multiple users make use of user accounts. Email accounts are one of the most common examples of user accounts.

What's the difference between login and logon?

Logon is also used as a modifier as in "logon procedure." The verb form is two words: to log on. In UNIX-based operating systems, logon is called login. The procedure is called "the login procedure." and the verb form is: to log in.