Server Trigger

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Server Trigger

adb2303

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November 2, 2011 at 3:08 am

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Hi,
We have a DDL trigger on our server preventing access from Microsoft Office, Excel or Access applications for unauthorised users. Users and their workstation details are in a 'white list', which gives them access if they've been approved. Every one else gets a 'login failed due to trigger execution' message.
I've just found out that when trying to create a DSN connection using the ODBC manager (SQL Server Native Client 10), it also fires the trigger. Is this a security feature to stop Office users using DSN connections as a backdoor, or is the ODBC manager seen as part of the office suite? Having said that, I've also tried using the ODBC manager from a machine without MS Office installed, and it still failed.
Login trigger code:
/****** Object: DdlTrigger [Logon_Trigger_Monitor_Excel] Script Date: 11/02/2011 09:01:39 ******/
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
CREATE TRIGGER [Logon_Trigger_Monitor_Excel]
ON ALL SERVER WITH EXECUTE AS 'xxxx\xxxx'
FOR LOGON
AS
BEGIN
IF APP_NAME() LIKE '%MICROSOFT OFFICE%' OR APP_NAME() LIKE '%EXCEL%' OR APP_NAME() LIKE '%ACCESS%'
IF UPPER(ORIGINAL_LOGIN()) LIKE 'HERMES\%'
BEGIN
IF (SELECT COUNT(*)
FROM monitoring.dbo.tblExcelWhiteList
WHERE UPPER(loginwho) = UPPER(ORIGINAL_LOGIN())
AND UPPER(loginfrom) = UPPER(HOST_NAME())) = 0 ROLLBACK
END
END
GO
SET ANSI_NULLS OFF
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF
GO
ENABLE TRIGGER [Logon_Trigger_Monitor_Excel] ON ALL SERVER

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adb2303 SSCertifiable Points: 7588 More actions · Answer 1

Actually, just figured it out. SQL Server's picking up the connection as 'Microsoft Data Access Components'. Our login trigger's screening applications like '%ACCESS%'...

thanks for looking.. 😀

spaghettidba SSC Guru Points: 105732 More actions · Answer 2

I ended up with a similar solution in the past because I had no other option.

However, be aware that this is not the best way to enforce security. Users should be unable to login because they don't have a login at all.

-- Gianluca Sartori

adb2303 SSCertifiable Points: 7588 More actions · Answer 3

We allow users to access the database through the designated application, for which they are in an AD group with limited permissions, but we don't want those same users accessing the database from Excel, Access, etc. That's why it's set-up this way.