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SA permissions issues with many nested objects

I have a broker application that's relatively complicated. Today, after I made some changes, I started getting the error: The server principal 'sa' is not able to access the database 'XYZ' under ...
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The Login is from an untrusted domain - domain setup with computer level login

I have a Sql Server 2008 R2 database I'm attempting to connect to using ADO.NET using integrated security in the connection string. The database resides on a 64 bit Windows Server 2003 machine. The ...
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Working Linked Server Query fails in sp_send_dbmail

Take the following example: EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_send_dbmail @recipients = 'me@whatever.co.uk' , @query = 'SELECT TOP 10 * FROM LINKEDSERVERA.DATABASE.dbo.TABLE' , @attach_query_result_as_file = N'True' ...
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BUILTIN\Administrators allowing access via linked server but not locally

We have two servers: LYNDB01 & LYNDB02 On LYNDB01 we have a database called db_ExampleDatabase We have created a Linked Server on LYNDB02 to LYNDB01 using no mappings and the "Be made using the ...
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Stored Procedure as Create Table proxy?

With SQL Server it was my understanding, I thought, that you could elevate a users permissions with specific constraints. For example, you need a user to create a specific table object in a specific ...
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Can we minimise the risk of using xp_cmdshell?

Using xp_cmdshell can be quite helpful and sometimes possibly the only answer to some scenarios. I've read some posts on the internet that enabling xp_cmdshell might jeopardize the security of the ...
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Does this mean the 'public' has full select, insert, update, and delete access?

I'm trying to create a new DB user in SQL Server 2008 R2 that can only select from one SQL View. But no matter what I try when I login as this new user I can select from any table. I ran this query: ...
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What are SQL Server Securables?

I migrated two applications to the new server. One of the them works without any issues but the other ran into back end sql permission problems like The EXECUTE permission was denied on the ...
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SQL Server 2008 encrypted connection using multiple server names

I have a SQL Server that must be accessed using various DNS names (SQL1, sql1.contoso.local, sql1.contoso.com, etc) and I'm struggling with creating a correct SSL certificate that can be used to ...
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Express password overwrite

I'm using a program that requires SA log-in to SQL Server. We had issues where some 3rd party support numpty changed the SA password and never informed us, so the program couldn't log-in. I've ...
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System test Database user management

We are in development stage and to be able to give the developers an integration test environment, we need to give them access to the database, they can share and test their code in the system ...
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Security Question involving Sys tables

We have an application user which has been given read write to the appropriate databases. This user has the ability to query the sys tables by default. I've also heard that there are times when this ...
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Most effective way to determine the minimum set of permissions for user

I have a database that an application connects to using db_owner permissions. How do I effectively determine the minimum set of requirements actually needed by this user (application) to run without ...
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Log shipping setup across domains

I'm running SQL Server 2008 R2 on a Windows machine. I've been tasked with setting up log shipping between our production site (managed by a service provider) and our QA environment which is hosted ...
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Login to SQL Server 2k8 R2 SP1 via Active Directory Group

I added an Active Directory group as a Windows Authentication Login to our SQL Server 2008 R2 database. When a user who is a member of that group tries to connect to the server he is given a login ...
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Cannot access any database in SQL Server 2008 R2 Express after moving workstation from domain to workgroup

My workstation that has SQL Server 2008 R2 Express for development purposes installed has been moved out of a domain into a Windows workgroup. While being part of the domain I used the account ...
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What could trigger that a login created from a certificate is not visible in metadata

I am trying to create a login and grant it rights to run and unsafe assembly but the check on server_principals does not return the login when it already exists. The script works perfectly fine on my ...
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Reconcile users with logins using 'sp_change_users_login'

Sql Server 2008 (and 2005): I have a Sql Server instance, let's say, InstA, in a Domain (called AD). In that I have a domain Windows Authentication Login, called AD\Log1 that has an associated user, ...
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User in multiple windows groups mapped to sql logins

I have two C# apps with Windows Auth to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2. For every app: SQL login based on Windows Group is created SQL server login is mapped to SQL database user user is member of a ...
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SQL Server 2008 R2 recognizes a domain account as a SQL Server account

After migrating from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2008 R2, we have a few domain accounts that appear to the new server as SQL Server accounts. These accounts can SELECT from tables in the database ...
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Cross-database call fails in a job but succeeds in SSMS

I create two databases, a table in the second database and a stored procedure in the first database. The stored procedure cross-database accesses the table. I create a sql server login and I also map ...
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Rights needed to see database files in Properties dialog?

I have a contractor setting up a database application. The database is set up, the login for the app is set as the database owner, but has only 'public' at the server level. When the contractor logs ...
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DB Master Key Encrypted By *Correct* Service Master Key?

My client has frequently run process where we move databases from a prod environment to lower environments (refresh QA with prod database, etc). These DBs have database master keys on them. We have ...
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Understanding SQL Server permissions

I am rooting around in SQL Server Management Studio against my instance of SQL Server 2008 R2 Express Edition. I am trying to understand how the permissions work. What I can see is (via the ...
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SQL Server Permission Denied Error When I'm DBOwner?

So I created an account, gave him dbcreator and securityadmin privileges and then through that account tried to run CREATE TABLE on a database that I had created and now owned, but was getting a ...