sql account with connect sql can shutdown sql server

  • Perry Whittle (11/4/2010)


    K. Brian Kelley (11/4/2010)


    Likely that user is a member of a group that is either a member of the Administrators or Power Users group on the system where SQL Server is deployed.

    Which is why I said check the local administrators group, people rarely use power users in my experience. Ignorance leads them to dump users into the administrators group instead!!

    Yeah, but it's only a couple of extra clicks and if I was an attacker, I would use what you just said to do exactly that. 🙂

    K. Brian Kelley
    @kbriankelley

  • K. Brian Kelley (11/4/2010)


    Yeah, but it's only a couple of extra clicks and if I was an attacker, I would use what you just said to do exactly that. 🙂

    Sorry, you lost me here!

    What's only a couple of clicks, what would you use to do exactly what?

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  • Most folks I know who are checking membership in the Administrators group on a server do so using Computer Management (compmgmt.msc or Start >> Control Panel >> Administrative Tools >> Computer Management). So if you're using that interface, it's only a couple of clicks to bring up the membership of Power Users since you're already at the group interface.

    K. Brian Kelley
    @kbriankelley

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