Grant permission on xp_CmdShell for special user

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Grant permission on xp_CmdShell for special user

Jeff Moden

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October 13, 2005 at 6:17 pm

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I created a new user, gave it access to 1 user db and Master, and granted it EXECUTE permissions on xp_CmdShell, but I get the following error...
Msg 50001, Level 1, State 50001
xpsql.cpp: Error 87 from GetProxyAccount on line 604
How do I allow this one privileged user to execute xp_CmdShell without granting it SA permissions?
And, yes, I understand the security risks...
Thank you...
--Jeff Moden
RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
Helpful Links:
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Carl Federl One Orange Chip Points: 25384 More actions · Answer 1

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/tsqlref/ts_xp_aa-sz_4jxo.asp

By default, only members of the sysadmin fixed server role can execute this extended stored procedure. You may, however, grant other users permission to execute this stored procedure.

When xp_cmdshell is invoked by a user who is a member of the sysadmin fixed server role, xp_cmdshell will be executed under the security context in which the SQL Server service is running. When the user is not a member of the sysadmin group, xp_cmdshell will impersonate the SQL Server Agent proxy account, which is specified using xp_sqlagent_proxy_account. If the proxy account is not available, xp_cmdshell will fail. This is true only for Microsoft® Windows NT® 4.0 and Windows 2000. On Windows 9.x, there is no impersonation and xp_cmdshell is always executed under the security context of the Windows 9.x user who started SQL Server.

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004433 More actions · Answer 2

Thank you Carl... that's just what the Dr. ordered.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)