Koen Verbeeck (3/7/2014)
Nice question, but I believe "not connected as sysadmin" is an equally correct answer though.ps: no actual connections to a certain Grant who is always ranting? 😎
From BOL:
The grantor (or the principal specified with the AS option) must have either the permission itself with GRANT OPTION or a higher permission that implies the permission being granted. Members of the sysadmin fixed server role can grant any permission.