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  • RE: SQL 2005 Windows Group Access

    You're going around it the long way, at least from an overall security perspective.

    Windows groups should be created for the explicit access to these confidential databases. If an existing group...

  • RE: Password policy for SQL Server 2005

    There isn't a tool to do this. A query you could probably tie to Database Mail would be based on:

    SELECT [name], LOGINPROPERTY([name], 'PasswordLastSetTime') AS 'Password_Date'

    FROM sys.sql_logins

    ORDER BY Password_Date ASC;

    As to...

  • RE: Configuring Kerberos Authentication

    Ludo Bernaerts (3/25/2011)


    great article but I have a question.

    I configured a sql instance like mentioned in the article and see all connections coming in with Kerberos auth.

    However the connections coming...

  • RE: If you could stop working tomorrow, would you still do SQL?

    No. I would go into full-time vocational ministry working with children and youth. I love SQL Server and IT in general, but trying to find a balance between working IT...

  • RE: Permissions for IUSR - can it be in a group?

    We are switching to using Windows authentication from an IIS server.

    Do you mean you're switching to Windows Authentication from Anonymous Authentication with respect to the website/directory? If so, IUSR_* isn't...

  • RE: SQL Server 2005 Logins

    Geoff A (1/24/2011)


    is there a work around in SQL 2005, 2008, 2008 R2 that allows for ;

    alter login [DomainGroupName] DISABLE;

    thanks

    No, this behavior is by design. What you can do is:

    DENY...

  • RE: nee to understand public role

    The public role is a role every user is a member of. It has permissions to hit some things, but no user defined objects (like created tables) by default. And...

  • RE: Windows Authentication

    You don't. SSMS connects in the context of the security account in which it was started. If you didn't use RunAs to start it under a different Windows account, that...

  • RE: can dbcreator create/alter ssis package?

    No. Having dbcreator only gives permissions to ALTER ANY DATABASE (meaning create/delete, too). This gives no permissions to create/alter SSIS packages stored in SQL Server or to schedule them for...

  • RE: Want to view who has permissions to execute sp_notify_operator - how?

    The major_id field varies depending on the securable being referenced. Probably the easiest way to handle this is to use the OBJECT_NAME() function like I did here:

    Auditing SQL Server User...

  • RE: Are You a Ten?

    Brandon Forest (11/17/2010)


    Maybe a 5.

    When I started out in the IT field, DOS 2.11 was the dominant PC operating system. I learned to do everything in it, including tweaking...

  • RE: Are You a Ten?

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (11/17/2010)


    I tend to agree with Travis. The product changes so quickly, even the people that write the code might not be tens in another version...

  • RE: Are You a Ten?

    Lynn Pettis (11/17/2010)


    Anyone who claims to be a 10, imho, is either a liar or too full of himself (or herself) as it is simple arrogance.

    I think this...

  • RE: sql account with connect sql can shutdown sql server

    Most folks I know who are checking membership in the Administrators group on a server do so using Computer Management (compmgmt.msc or Start >> Control Panel >> Administrative Tools >>...

  • RE: sql account with connect sql can shutdown sql server

    Perry Whittle (11/4/2010)


    K. Brian Kelley (11/4/2010)


    Likely that user is a member of a group that is either a member of the Administrators or Power Users group on the system where...

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