Add Linked Server Nightmare

  • I have a user called DOM\my_sysadmin that is part of the sysadmin fixed server role.

    I run the following and it works great:

    EXECUTE AS LOGIN = 'DOM\my_sysadmin'

    EXEC master.sys.sp_addlinkedserver @server = N'ServerA', @srvproduct=N'SQL Server'

    GO

    I have created a procedure that uses a table (dbo.SQL_Servers) populated with server names.

    CREATE TABLE dbo.SQL_Servers(

    server_name varchar(128))

    GO

    INSERT INTO dbo.SQL_Servers

    VALUES('ServerA')

    GO

    If a server name in the table is not a linked server on the current server, I want to add it. When I run the procedure, I get error # 15247 for error_procedure "sp_msaddserver_internal" that states, "User does not have permission to perform this action". Here is a sample of the code:

    CREATE PROC dbo.add_new_server

    WITH EXECUTE AS 'DOM\my_sysadmin'

    AS

    DECLARE @server_namevarchar(128)

    DECLARE server_cursor CURSOR FAST_FORWARD FOR

    SELECT server_name

    FROM dbo.SQL_Servers

    WHERE Server_Name NOT IN (SELECT name

    FROM sys.servers)

    OPEN server_cursor

    FETCH NEXT FROM server_cursor INTO @server_name

    WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0

    BEGIN

    EXEC master.sys.sp_addlinkedserver @server = @server_name, @srvproduct=N'SQL Server'

    FETCH NEXT FROM server_cursor INTO @server_name

    END

    CLOSE server_cursor

    DEALLOCATE server_cursor

    I have even used the suser_name() function, in both cases, to verify that the command is running as DOM\my_sysadmin and it is. This works fine when I run it as myself (I'm also a sysadmin).

    Any ideas why this is not working?

    Thanks,

    hawg

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  • Verify that user 'DOM\my_sysadmin' is associated with Login 'DOM\my_sysadmin' in database in which sp is executing.

  • I think what is happening is that the stroed procedure is executing as the SysAdmin user but when it executes anything with the exec command it opens a new connection that defaults back to the original logins permissions. You could use Profiler to confirm that.

    Instead of doing the aliasing inside the procedure, alias the login before calling the procedure and then it should work fine.

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