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How can I copy a user while preserving all privs?

We're changing domains. I'd like to create a new account for myself, NewDomain\Bob which has the same su-level privileges as OldDomain\Bob, to minimize the chance of disruption when IT flips the ...
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How to find which tables and views a user has access to?

We have a SQL Server 2008 database and have restricted all tables and views away from a specific user ID. Over the years we have granted back tables and views one at a time based on user need. We ...
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Limiting user access to tables based on a ROLE

I have a SQL Server 2005 database to which I would like to LIMIT access. I have done the following: Created a database role called NO_HR Added the tables to this role under Securables that should be ...
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How to get user-specific settings in PostgreSQL?

I have to collect some information of PostgreSQL roles. One piece of information is whether the role has different settings than 'usual', usual meaning here default values for only a few parameters ...
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How to allow a user to create databases only with a certain prefix?

We're having a multi-user Linux server. I'd like to give each user the ability to create and manage databases at will, but to keep things sane, force them that each database name they create must ...
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Add user to sql server with the required permission

In my sql server express 2008 r2 i have about 15 login account. Now i want some about 5 users have full permission while some other 5 users with limited access to some database, and other users only ...
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MySQL export user with semi-colon “;” on the end

I am trying to set up automatic export of user accounts from one server to import into another. I am running the following command; $ mysql -u root -p -B -s -e "show grants for 'myuser'@'localhost';" ...
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Difference between database vs user vs schema

I'm really confused with the terms database, user and schema. Can anyone explain how they are different from each other (if they are)? If they are same then, what are the similarities between them? ...
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Why is this user “Admin” created in all databases?

When I create database in SQL server Management Studio, user with name "admin" is also created for all databases: Why this user is created? And how I can change this behavior?
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Adding a user to MySQL with 'name'@'%' fails with ERROR 1396

I just tried to add a new user to MySQL using CREATE USER 'name'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '...' However, it fails with the following error: ERROR 1396 (HY000): Operation CREATE USER failed for ...
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TFS 2012 - Database Project - User with NO LOGIN map to Windows - best practices

I have a SQL Server Database Project (.NET 4.5) in TFS 2012. As a DBA, i'm looking for a mechanism whereby the developers can create 'CREATE USER' sql scripts and assign their permissions within the ...
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Access denied for user 'root'@'%'

I used to access the root user in MySQL just fine. But recently, I am no longer able to. I am able to login fine : mysql -u root -p Here is the mysql status after login : mysql> status ...
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How are these two user drops different?

Other than the obvious, what is the difference between: drop user user_01@host01; and drop user 'user_01'@'host01'; In a sample test, they both achieved the same result. From Account Names docs ...
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How do I automatically grant all privileges to a schema created by a user in mysql?

Someone new joined the company and I created an account for her in mysql using the following: CREATE USER 'username' IDENTIFIED BY 'password' She needs to create her own schema and so used: GRANT ...
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How to manage millions of users?

I am about to launch something really big. I need to prepare my server and database. I would like to group each set of 100,000 users in separate user tables but I do not know how to associate one ...
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MySQL user permission on stored procedure

I've created a simple stored procedure: mysql> CREATE FUNCTION hello (s CHAR(20)) -> RETURNS CHAR(50) DETERMINISTIC -> RETURN CONCAT('Hello, ',s,'!'); Query OK, 0 rows affected, 1 ...