January 20, 2004 02:20 PM

Generating New SQL Server Logins

Save your sanity by automating permissions analysis
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SQL Server Magazine
InstantDoc ID #41181
If your organization has the kind of revolving-door staff turnover that many businesses are facing, you create new logins frequently. So how do you create a new SQL Server login that has the same permissions as an existing login? Each time you create a new SQL Server login that mirrors the permissions of an existing login, you probably go through a manual process in Enterprise Manager of reviewing the existing login's permissions, then granting the appropriate SQL Server access to the new login. This manual analysis and creation process can be tedious and error-prone. Have you ever considered auto-mating this administrative function?

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exactly what I was looking for.

Mark11/9/2004 10:03:45 AM


Excellect tool that should have come from MS.

JERRY10/21/2004 6:26:26 AM


This article personally saved me several hous of effort while adding roughly 50 NT logins to a SQL Server, even including the time to examine and slightly modify the code. Thanks for the effort!

Stuart Spern, MCDBA, MCSE 3/3/2004 10:02:41 AM


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