hi, I need to take all the rights away from user accounts from all the servers,except those which are most used by the services. now how to know which are windows accounts and which are sql server native accounts?
You can find that in Windows Services. Luis Martin Moderator SQL-Server-Performance.com All in Love is Fair Stevie Wonder All postings are provided “AS IS†with no warranties for accuracy.
What is the authentication mode used to connect to SQL? Run SP_HELPROTECT to see the privileges of each user on the database(s) and also run XP_LOGININFO for more information. Satya SKJ Microsoft SQL Server MVP Contributing Editor & Forums Moderator http://www.SQL-Server-Performance.Com This posting is provided �AS IS� with no rights for the sake of knowledge sharing.