Article ID: 277809
Article Last Modified on 3/14/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q277809
BUG #: 57213 (SQLBUG_70)
SYMPTOMS
Microsoft SQL Server Books Online states the following concerning the execution of the sp_procoption stored procedure:
Execute permissions default to members of the sysadmin and setupadmin fixed server roles. Startup procedures must be owned by the database owner in the master database.
This is not the intended behavior. Only logins that are a member of the System Administrators fixed server role should have execute permission on sp_procoption.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server 7.0. This problem has been corrected in U.S. Service Pack 3 for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
274799 INF: How to Obtain Service Pack 3 for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) 1.0
For more information, contact your primary support provider.
MORE INFORMATION
To reproduce the problem use these steps:
- Open the SQL Server Query Analyzer.
Create the stored procedure in the master database:
use master go create procedure test_proc as PRINT "Executed test_proc" go
Add a SQL Server login. The default database for the login is master.
sp_addlogin @loginame = 'testuser', @defdb = 'master' go
Make the login a member of the Setup Administrators fixed server role.
sp_addsrvrolemember @loginame = 'testuser', @rolename = 'setupadmin' go
Give the login access to the master database.
sp_adduser @loginame = 'testuser' go
Make the new user a member of the db_owner database role.
sp_addrolemember @rolename = 'db_owner', @membername = 'testuser' go
- Open a second connection in the SQL Server Query Analyzer and log in as testuser.
Make the stored procedure created in step 2 a startup stored procedure:
sp_procoption @ProcName = 'test_proc', @OptionName = 'startup', @OptionValue = 'true' go
- When you execute sp_procoption this error message is returned in the SQL Server Query Analyzer:
- Restart SQL Server, and then view the current SQL Server error logs. The following text is displayed, which verifies that the procedure was executed upon startup:
Additional query words: Startup stored procedure permission sysadmin execute
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