multiple AD users in 1 group

  • Hi,

    I am developping small application within my firm and therefore I use SQL Server 2005 as DB

    Now I would like to limit the security based on the users windows logon.

    But mostly there are multiple users that should have access to those tables.

    Is there a possibility to add multiple users to a group, and give access rights to that group.

    I know this can be done by creating AD groups and creating a SQL login based on this group, but I would like to do this in SQL to keep it simple.

    Thanks!

  • Hi

    If i have understood your question correctly then here goes...

    You can created SQL logins from the windows logins that you have, create a group consisting of these logins. This group can be given specific rights.

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  • Can you create SQL Groups? how?

    I know I can use AD Groups and create a SQL Login, but I would like to keep the usersmanagement of the SQL on the SQL Server.

  • just grant de AD-group login rights to your sqlserver instance, then add the ad-group to the correct database role and grant the needed privileges to the AD-group.

    use yourdb

    GO

    -- Windows auth

    if not exists (select * from master.dbo.syslogins where loginname = N'YOURDOMAIN\your windows groupT')

    exec sp_grantlogin N'YOURDOMAIN\your windows groupT'

    exec sp_defaultdb N'YOURDOMAIN\your windows groupT', N'master'

    exec sp_defaultlanguage N'YOURDOMAIN\your windows groupT', N'us_english'

    GO

    if not exists (select * from dbo.sysusers where name = N'your windows groupT')

    EXEC sp_grantdbaccess N'YOURDOMAIN\your windows groupT', N'your windows groupT'

    GO

    exec sp_addrolemember N'db_datareader', N'your windows groupT'

    go

    GRANT EXECUTE ON [dbo].[spc_whatever] TO [your windows groupT]

    GO

    Keep in mind that the biggest downside of working with windows

    authentication is that you have no control over the medium that your

    user uses to get to your database.

    What I mean is that there is no guarantee that your application is the

    only means that a user can utilize to get to your data.

    (especialy if they also have e.g. MS excel or MS access (linked tables),...)

    With sql2005 SP2 you can offcourse implement server login triggers and

    deny all useraccess base on "application name" info, but that might be

    a bit to far ...

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  • You can create database roles and grant all SQL rights to the roles, or give the new roles membership in db_datareader, db_datawriter, etc. Then you can add each Windows login user to the appropriate role(s) to control their access without having to manage object-level permisions user-by-user. Note that this has to be repeated in every database.

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