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Backup and Restore permission to user

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April 9, 2012 at 6:03 am

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Hi
I want to give a user for Backup and Restore permission, but without sysadmin role
is it possible
Pls help

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Lowell SSC Guru Points: 323507 More actions · Answer 1

a person with db_owner permissions has the ability to backup, restore, or even drop their own database, i believe.

that's very easy to test.

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 2

Otherwise the database role for backups is db_backupoperator.It grants BACKUP DATABASE, BACKUP LOG, CHECKPOINT in that database.

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Lowell (4/9/2012)
a person with db_owner permissions has the ability to backup, restore, or even drop their own database, i believe.
that's very easy to test.

i had already given the db_owner permission but it showing error like this

Cannot access the specified path or file on the server. Verify that you have the necessary security privileges and that the file or path exists.

the error shows i don't have permission on the server where sql server is hosted.

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GilaMonster (4/9/2012)
Otherwise the database role for backups is db_backupoperator.It grants BACKUP DATABASE, BACKUP LOG, CHECKPOINT in that database.

i tried this too but same error

Cannot access the specified path or file on the server. Verify that you have the necessary security privileges and that the file or path exists.

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 5

Ensure that the SQL Server service account has permissions to the location the backup file will be written.

That's not a SQL permission error, it's a windows permission error.

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398730 More actions · Answer 6

dilipd006 (4/9/2012)
Lowell (4/9/2012)
a person with db_owner permissions has the ability to backup, restore, or even drop their own database, i believe.
that's very easy to test.
i had already given the db_owner permission but it showing error like this
Cannot access the specified path or file on the server. Verify that you have the necessary security privileges and that the file or path exists.
the error shows i don't have permission on the server where sql server is hosted.

Those are additional errors caused when the SQL Server service, or the user login, doesn't have haccess to a particular path. Those permissions are completely independent of SQL Server and are managed through Windows, Active Directory, or whatever other security configurations you have running.

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SQL006 SSCertifiable Points: 5071 More actions · Answer 7

Thanks for the reply

Can u explain how to give this permissions(windows) to sql serservice account.

The SQL server and sql server agent is run under Built in account(Local system)

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 8

Is the folder on the local machine or elsewhere? If elsewhere, you'll have to use a domain account for SQL Server, local system doesn't have any rights outside of the server.

btw, local system is not recommended for SQL Server service account. Too many permissions.

Gail Shaw
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ajay.g Ten Centuries Points: 1117 More actions · Answer 9

Hi,

If you manage Windows Level Security though Active Directory, you can provide him "Local Admin (LA)" permission on that Server to the person, if you wish to.

or else

you can only provide him permission on that particular folder (on Destination Server) with Read or Write or Full Access whatever he wants.

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398730 More actions · Answer 10

Piling on to what Gail said, you need to provide a domain account for SQL Server and give it permissions to that folder.

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