Authentication Mode question from a command line junkie

What is the syntax from to change the authentication mode from inside of the server(ie: osql)? And what system tables can be queried to identify which mode the server is currently running in?
To check the mode use
select serverproperty('IsIntegratedSecurityOnly')
or
exec master..xp_loginconfig 'login mode'
You can use the undocumented xp_regwrite/xp_instance_regwrite to change the
registry key that contols this (which is what EM does anyway) or use SQLDMO
but it needs a SQL Service restart to take effect e.g.
exec master..xp_instance_regwrite N'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE',
N'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\MSSQLServer',
'LoginMode', N'REG_DWORD', 2
'Set security mode to mixed where oSQL is a SQLServer object
Set oSEC = oSQL.IntegratedSecurity
oSEC.SecurityMode = 2
0 or 2 = Mixed
1 = NT only
HTH
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> What is the syntax from to change the authentication mode from inside of
the server(ie: osql)? And what system tables can be queried to identify
which mode the server is currently running in?
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