I create the following login without any permissions.
USE [master]
GO
IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.server_principals WHERE name = N'Radhe')
CREATE LOGIN [Radhe] WITH PASSWORD=N'HareKrishna108,
DEFAULT_DATABASE=[master], DEFAULT_LANGUAGE=[us_english], CHECK_EXPIRATION=OFF, CHECK_POLICY=OFF
GO
when I execute the following query as that specific login I get the following results:
execute as login='Radhe'
select * from sys.syslogins
Now I grant some permissions to [Radhe]
so that she can have a look at some of my existing logins on that same server:
GRANT VIEW DEFINITION ON LOGIN::[site_helpdesk] TO [Radhe]
GRANT VIEW DEFINITION ON LOGIN::[camper] TO [Radhe]
GRANT VIEW DEFINITION ON LOGIN::[productuser] TO [Radhe]
Now when I run the following code:
execute as login='Radhe'
select * from sys.syslogins
I get to see the logins I have granted [Radhe]
the relevant permissions:
I need to create this very same login and grant these very same permissions on several servers.
How can I script these permissions that I have granted above?
I have found the following script on this nice site, but it does not seem to be working for the above listed permissions in particular:
--https://www.datavail.com/blog/scripting-out-the-logins-server-role-assignments-and-server-permissions/
/********************************************************************************************************************/
-- Scripting Out the Logins, Server Role Assignments, and Server Permissions
/********************************************************************************************************************/
SET NOCOUNT ON
-- Scripting Out the Logins To Be Created
SELECT 'IF (SUSER_ID('+QUOTENAME(SP.name,'''')+') IS NULL) BEGIN CREATE LOGIN ' +QUOTENAME(SP.name)+
CASE
WHEN SP.type_desc = 'SQL_LOGIN' THEN ' WITH PASSWORD = ' +CONVERT(NVARCHAR(MAX),SL.password_hash,1)+ ' HASHED, CHECK_EXPIRATION = '
+ CASE WHEN SL.is_expiration_checked = 1 THEN 'ON' ELSE 'OFF' END +', CHECK_POLICY = ' +CASE WHEN SL.is_policy_checked = 1 THEN 'ON,' ELSE 'OFF,' END
ELSE ' FROM WINDOWS WITH'
END
+' DEFAULT_DATABASE=[' +SP.default_database_name+ '], DEFAULT_LANGUAGE=[' +SP.default_language_name+ '] END;' COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS AS [-- Logins To Be Created --]
FROM sys.server_principals AS SP LEFT JOIN sys.sql_logins AS SL
ON SP.principal_id = SL.principal_id
WHERE SP.type IN ('S','G','U')
AND SP.name NOT LIKE '##%##'
AND SP.name NOT LIKE 'NT AUTHORITY%'
AND SP.name NOT LIKE 'NT SERVICE%'
AND SP.name <> ('sa');
-- Scripting Out the Role Membership to Be Added
SELECT
'EXEC master..sp_addsrvrolemember @loginame = N''' + SL.name + ''', @rolename = N''' + SR.name + '''
' AS [-- Server Roles the Logins Need to be Added --]
FROM master.sys.server_role_members SRM
JOIN master.sys.server_principals SR ON SR.principal_id = SRM.role_principal_id
JOIN master.sys.server_principals SL ON SL.principal_id = SRM.member_principal_id
WHERE SL.type IN ('S','G','U')
AND SL.name NOT LIKE '##%##'
AND SL.name NOT LIKE 'NT AUTHORITY%'
AND SL.name NOT LIKE 'NT SERVICE%'
AND SL.name <> ('sa');
-- Scripting out the Permissions to Be Granted
SELECT
CASE WHEN SrvPerm.state_desc <> 'GRANT_WITH_GRANT_OPTION'
THEN SrvPerm.state_desc
ELSE 'GRANT'
END
+ ' ' + SrvPerm.permission_name + ' TO [' + SP.name + ']' +
CASE WHEN SrvPerm.state_desc <> 'GRANT_WITH_GRANT_OPTION'
THEN ''
ELSE ' WITH GRANT OPTION'
END collate database_default AS [-- Server Level Permissions to Be Granted --]
FROM sys.server_permissions AS SrvPerm
JOIN sys.server_principals AS SP ON SrvPerm.grantee_principal_id = SP.principal_id
WHERE SP.type IN ( 'S', 'U', 'G' )
AND SP.name NOT LIKE '##%##'
AND SP.name NOT LIKE 'NT AUTHORITY%'
AND SP.name NOT LIKE 'NT SERVICE%'
AND SP.name <> ('sa');
SET NOCOUNT OFF
Best Answer
The server permission for granting rights against logins has a class_desc of
SERVER_PRINCIPAL
. So in that case you can include theON LOGIN::
bits and join (again) againstsys.server_principals
. Also tell radhe and others to please use that view instead ofsys.syslogins
, which was deprecated 13 years ago now...Results: