• there's a number of threads here on SSC where the requirement is to remove public permissions in order to comply and lock down a SQL server to DoD standards (google Database Security Checklist for examples).

    In that ,we just don't care what breaks.

    see this thread for an example:

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic845604-392-1.aspx#bm845742

    and take a look at this link for a more comprehensive script.

    http://blogs.technet.com/b/fort_sql/archive/2010/02/04/remove-public-and-guest-permissions.aspx

    Lowell


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