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  • RE: Logon and change password audit

    That error means a RECONFIGURE needs to be executed to "install" what configuration change you made. This shouldn't be related to changing the audit settings, because that's kept in a...

  • RE: TempDB permissions

    Did anyone remove the guest user or change its permissions in any way for this database?

    K. Brian Kelley, GSEC

    http://www.truthsolutions.com/

    Author: Start to Finish Guide to SQL Server Performance Monitoring

    http://www.netimpress.com/

  • RE: Cannot connect to a database

    The uesr account you're using to log in to the server with... someone needs to change the default database What probably has happened is you were pointed at a database...

  • RE: System Stored Procedures

    GSEC stands for GIAC Security Essentials Certification and it's a vendor-independent security certification. GIAC stands for Global Information Assurance Certification and there are several tracks. GSEC is the generic security...

  • RE: Writing to text files within a SQL Stored Proc

    Two other ways...

    xp_cmdshell using echo >> (the double greater than sign appends). For instance:

    xp_cmdshell 'echo Write to a text file >> c:\temp\test.txt'

    Second, is using Jet and a linked server connection....

  • RE: Cannot list servers with osql -L

    Did your network folks block UDP/1434 per chance?

    K. Brian Kelley, GSEC

    http://www.truthsolutions.com/

    Author: Start to Finish Guide to SQL Server Performance Monitoring

    http://www.netimpress.com/

  • RE: Adversarial Vendors

    Agreed on this one... when I dealt with vendors in the Air Force we documented everything for this very reason. I mean everything... you would be surprised at how often...

  • RE: System Stored Procedures

    Problem with OpenHack 4 is it is an unsupported config, so far as Microsoft is concerned. The list from SQL Security is probably the best bet. OpenHack 4's config breaks...

  • RE: NT Authentication

    Whenever possible, it is considered a best practice to use Windows authentication. The reasons are pretty simple: the SQL Server password doesn't go across the network in plaintext and you...

  • RE: xp_sendmail: Cannot generate SSPI context

    Are you failing on a particular query or is it for all queries?

    K. Brian Kelley, GSEC

    http://www.truthsolutions.com/

    Author: Start to Finish Guide to SQL Server Performance Monitoring

    http://www.netimpress.com/

  • RE: dbo to add rolemember???

    Are you having to use SQL Server logins? If not, use Windows groups. The security can then manage permissions by managing the Windows group. Saves a bunch of cleanup for...

  • RE: Logon and change password audit

    Don't forget to restart the SQL Server service after you make the logon auditing change.

    As for passwords... you'll have to build some sort of auditing methodolgy around traces or the...

  • RE: Connecting Yukon Workbench to SQL Server 2000

    Given the NDA in place on Yukon, you're probably going to want to ask this question in the Beta Newsgroups for Microsoft. The information on how to connect to the...

  • RE: SA do I need to remember the password

    Agreed. If you follow the Principle of Least Privilege, only the appropriate DBAs would have sysadmin rights. This would also involve removing the BUILTIN\Administrators group (once the appropriate DBA group...

  • RE: SA do I need to remember the password

    Heh. That's funny. Great Plains is now owned by Microsoft. Let's hope they get it fixed. They fixed BizTalk Server so it can use Windows authentication, so I don't see...

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