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 How to add a user with admin rights in SQL?

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zeeshan13
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

347 Posts

Posted - 2010-12-17 : 12:29:26

All,

We are dealing with a client that have a network person that left the company. We have client servers including a database server running SQL Server 2008. Now they do not have rights to get into SQL Managment Studio and ask me to provide them admnistartor right in SQL Managment Studio. I did not know if I can do that but under SQL Managment Studio I under security, logins I created the domain\user account while checking 'sysadmin' in the server role. The user told me that I used the right domain\userid but now he cannot even get into SQL which before he could but without admin rights. How can I set this user as administrator in SQL Server 2008 on this server?

Thanks,

Zee

russell
Pyro-ma-ni-yak

5072 Posts

Posted - 2010-12-17 : 12:45:40
Make sure the logon has permission to connect and the logon is enabled.
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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2010-12-17 : 13:19:11
Please post the error.

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