In my sql server express 2008 r2 i have about 15 login account. Now i want some about 5 users have full permission while some other 5 users with limited access to some database, and other users only read permission. In future i may add other users also. So i was thinking of doing it in simple way than giving permission for every user as it requires giving permission to each database every time a new user is created. So can i create a set of rules or group and then add a new user to that group or rules? Do i have any kind of facility in sql server which will make this happen?
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At the database level, you could simply add both to the same database role. Of course, when you create the role, you'll have to grant it all the same permissions as the existing group, but you only have to do that once.
At the server level, to do that without re-applying all of the permissions (which you could probably script without a whole lot of effort - you can get some ideas here), you'll have to wait for SQL Server 2012, unless you can use a fixed server role.
Some of what you are asking for is actually pretty simple.
Permissions for your AD Group
You create a login for your AD group
CREATE LOGIN [domain\AD Group] FROM WINDOWS
Then grant it the access you want. You say you want to grant it Admin access but unless this is your DBA team I wouldn't add the AD Group to something like sysadmin. Instead grant them the permissions you actually want them to have. It sounds like you want
- db_ddladmin - Role that grants permissions to create/modify objects within a DB.
- db_datareader - Role that grants permissions to run a
SELECTagainst any table/view within the DB - db_datawriter - Role that grants permissions to run
UPDATE,INSERTorDELETEstatements against any table/view in the DB. - EXECUTE - Permission that grants the ability to
EXECUTEany stored procedure or function within the database.
To add this run the following on each user database.
CREATE USER [domain\AD Group] LOGIN [domain\AD Group]
ALTER ROLE db_ddladmin ADD MEMBER [domain\AD Group]
ALTER ROLE db_datareader ADD MEMBER [domain\AD Group]
ALTER ROLE db_datawriter ADD MEMBER [domain\AD Group]
GRANT EXECUTE TO [domain\AD Group]
If you want these permissions added to new user databases then run the script in the model database as well.
Connecting using your service account
If you have an application running under your service account then when that application connects using trusted authentication it will connect to SQL using that service account. If however you want to connect to SQL using something like SSMS then you have two choices. You can either log into a machine using the service account or run SSMS as a different user.
To run SSMS under a different user hold down the SHIFT key and right click on your shortcut to SSMS and select Run as different user
You'll then get a login/password prompt for an AD login. Type in your service account name & password. Once SSMS opens any trusted (windows auth) connections will be made using the AD login you connected under (your serviced account in this case).
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Best Answer
Use a database role. Database roles are database specific (obviously) so you can't create a role that grant's permissions to multiple databases at once. However within the database you create a role either through the GUI or using the command
CREATE ROLE <rolename>. Once it is created you can then grant the role permissions just like you would a user. Then you add users to the role. Again you can either use the GUI or the commandEXEC sp_addrolemember '<rolename>','<username>'. And last but not least there are some pre-defined roles at both the server and database level. (You can't create server roles in SQL 2008.) You can not make changes to the pre-defined roles but among others there is db_datareader which grants SELECT permission to every table in the database. Oh, and you can add your user defined role to the pre-defined role. So you could create a roleMyReadOnlyRoleand add it todb_datareaderand then grant it EXECUTE permissions to various stored procedures, functions etc. Or EXECUTE permission to the database itself for that matter. (That gives permission to execute any SP, function etc in the database.)