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sqlserverdba
Yak Posting Veteran

53 Posts

Posted - 2009-06-07 : 21:05:14
Hi,

I want to create user account similar to sa.Is there any risk to create user account and grant similar privileges or any other way to directly map with sa account?

Please advice.

SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks

30421 Posts

Posted - 2009-06-07 : 23:33:01
Yes.
The user can do anything SA can, such as drop tables, drop databases and so on...


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sqlserverdba
Yak Posting Veteran

53 Posts

Posted - 2009-06-08 : 13:02:00
Hi,

What is the best practices to protect sa user account ?

When we create similar sa account which has securable additional properties option than sa account.

Can I make exactly same as sa account?

thx
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tkizer
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38200 Posts

Posted - 2009-06-08 : 13:34:32
To create an "sa" account, you just need to grant a login sysadmin fixed server role.

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sqlserverdba
Yak Posting Veteran

53 Posts

Posted - 2009-06-08 : 14:50:18
Hi Tara,

When I go to grant sysadmin, system also grant public server role also.

Please advice.

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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

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Posted - 2009-06-08 : 15:05:06
So what's the problem?

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