Comments on: Is Your DBA Lying To You? https://thomaslarock.com/2012/01/is-your-dba-lying-to-you/ Thomas LaRock is an author, speaker, data expert, and SQLRockstar. He helps people connect, learn, and share. Along the way he solves data problems, too. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: ThomasLaRock https://thomaslarock.com/2012/01/is-your-dba-lying-to-you/#comment-6603 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:32:00 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=7431#comment-6603 Philo,

Just read your post, it is a great response and thank you for contributing to the discussion.

I’ll leave the rest of my comments over on your blog.

]]> By: Philo Janus https://thomaslarock.com/2012/01/is-your-dba-lying-to-you/#comment-16146 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:55:00 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=7431#comment-16146 Thomas – I had some serious misgivings about your article, so I wrote up a rebuttal here: 
http://www.saintchad.org/a-rebuttal-to-is-your-dba-lying-to-you/ 

]]> By: A rebuttal to "Is Your DBA Lying To You?" https://thomaslarock.com/2012/01/is-your-dba-lying-to-you/#comment-6601 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:30:36 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=7431#comment-6601 […] Larock recently wrote a piece regarding his idea of the realities of being a DBA in “Is Your DBA Lying To You?” I have some serious issues with his […]

]]> By: A rebuttal to "Is Your DBA Lying To You?" https://thomaslarock.com/2012/01/is-your-dba-lying-to-you/#comment-6600 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:30:36 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=7431#comment-6600 […] Larock recently wrote a piece regarding his idea of the realities of being a DBA in “Is Your DBA Lying To You?” I have some serious issues with his […]

]]> By: Marios Philippopoulos https://thomaslarock.com/2012/01/is-your-dba-lying-to-you/#comment-6496 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:06:00 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=7431#comment-6496 Hilarious! I had to send this link to our network admin; we have a long-standing joke about this.
I have practiced lie #3 to perfection. 🙂

]]> By: Eric Russell https://thomaslarock.com/2012/01/is-your-dba-lying-to-you/#comment-6489 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:22:00 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=7431#comment-6489 Really, a DBA should grant an application account only what he deams is necessary. If a 3rd party tool needs to create tables, then adding them to the DBO role on their database should be sufficient, however, creating tables should be necessary only for the initial installation. Maybe it also needs SQLAgentUserRole to create or kick off jobs. If it’s something like a performance dashboard tool, then it probably needs VIEW SERVER STATE or ALTER TRACE permission. However, there is no need for full SYSADMIN permission; that role is for people who administrate the server. Just like a contractor, a 3rd party tool should be granted permission based on the scope of it’s work. Imagine if you hired a contractor, and when he shows up on the first day he says:”I’m sorry, but this keycard you gave me just won’t cut it. I need access to every floor in the building, including the executive offices and the server room. You know… so I can come and go as I please, fool around with your hardware and stuff.”

]]> By: Anonymous https://thomaslarock.com/2012/01/is-your-dba-lying-to-you/#comment-6488 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:26:00 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=7431#comment-6488 In reply to Paul Smith.

Paul,

It’s amazing how often they can get things done without having SA rights.

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