A question on the forum asked how to find all the database mappings for a particular login. If you're on SQL Server 2000 or below, the tables you want to use are syslogins in the master database and sysusers in each database.
2009-03-03
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This is a follow-on post to You Must Trust Someone. My point in that post was to establish that being able to and and actually trusting your account and server administrators is a necessity. I didn't go into the business aspect of that, but basically it boils down to having a good selection process for candidates, checking out their references, ...
2009-03-03
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Some things and readings today reminded me of this: a security control inconsistently applied is not a control. The whole...
2009-02-27
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As I blogged about previously, I had decided to go ahead and pre-order the Kindle 2. It was slated for...
2009-02-27
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After some recent talks with security folks and auditors, one of the things I have had a hard time getting across is that you must trust those folks responsible for account and server management when it comes to securing your data. Yes, you can put in...
2009-02-26
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This question comes up a lot in the forums: "How do I know if the login owns any objects?" Usually...
2009-02-24
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Today, Microsoft release a security advisory about a new vulnerability in Microsoft Excel. This one affects both PCs and Macs....
2009-02-24
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Yesterday I blogged about how to figure out what database principals corresponded to what server principals. The key is to...
2009-02-23
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All of the videos I've done are up under my profile. However, the video for The difference between GRANT, DENY...
2009-02-23
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A question on the forum asked how to find all the database mappings for a particular login. If you're on SQL...
2009-02-22
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