[dba-SQLServer] Finding current login group

David Emerson davide at dalyn.co.nz
Sun Jul 4 03:00:06 CDT 2004


OK, I have found it referred to in BOL and found it in the Master 
database.  I will need to go into the client's office to set the 
permissions to enable it to be run but I think we are getting somewhere.

Thanks.

David

At 3/07/2004, you wrote:
>"permission path" column of xp_logininfo?
>
>see below..
>
>/* -- cut here */
>DECLARE @sys_usr varchar(100)
>SET @sys_usr = SYSTEM_USER
>SELECT @sys_usr
>EXEC xp_logininfo @sys_usr
>/* -- cut here */
>
>HTH
>Billy
>
>
>>From: David Emerson <davide at dalyn.co.nz>
>>Reply-To: dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com
>>To: dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com
>>Subject: RE: [dba-SQLServer] Finding current login group
>>Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 14:34:45 +1200
>>
>>Ken,
>>
>>The problem is that while egas\David is the windows login for the user, 
>>the SQL login is egas\BillingUsers.  That is, the user accessed SQL 
>>because he is a member of egas\BillingUsers.  egas\David is not a login 
>>in SQL.
>>Because egas\David is not in sysusers there is no match with Current_User 
>>(which returns the windows login, not the SQL login).
>>
>>David
>>
>>At 2/07/2004, you wrote:
>>>David,
>>>
>>>Yes, but that is only the criteria for the query.  By joining sysusers to
>>>sysmembers, once to represent users and a second time to represent roles,
>>>you can determine which roles a user belongs to, which may be one or many, I
>>>don't know how you managed that.
>>>
>>>Ken
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>>>[mailto:dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of David
>>>Emerson
>>>Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 2:48 PM
>>>To: dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com
>>>Subject: RE: [dba-SQLServer] Finding current login group
>>>
>>>Ken,
>>>
>>>Current_user gives me the name of the user (egas\David), not the group that
>>>that they were logged in as (egas\BillingUsers).
>>>
>>>David
>>>
>>>At 1/07/2004, you wrote:
>>> >Could you use something like this?
>>> >
>>> >select sg.name
>>> >from sysusers su inner join sysmembers sm on su.uid = sm.memberuid
>>> >         inner join sysusers sg on sm.groupuid = sg.uid
>>> >where su.name = current_user
>>> >
>>> >When I run this, it returns all the groups that a particular user is a
>>> >member of.
>>> >
>>> >Ken
>>> >
>>> >-----Original Message-----
>>> >From: dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>>> >[mailto:dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Francisco
>>>H
>>> >Tapia
>>> >Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 4:15 PM
>>> >To: dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com
>>> >Subject: Re: [dba-SQLServer] Finding current login group
>>> >
>>> >sp_who returns domain and userid not the usergroup, and in fact I don't
>>> >know how to get he usergroup name within a sproc, but one workaround is
>>> >to create seperate functions and assign them rights based on the NT
>>> >groups, you can have the sprocs return some type of value based on their
>>> >usergroup name and this will provide you with the info you are seeking.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >Jeff Barrows wrote On 7/1/2004 3:44 PM:
>>> >
>>> > >Have you tried:      EXECUTE sp_who       in the SQL Query Analyser?
>>> > >
>>> > >       -----Original Message-----
>>> > >       From: David Emerson [mailto:davide at dalyn.co.nz]
>>> > >       Sent: Thu 7/1/2004 5:11 PM
>>> > >       To: dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com
>>> > >       Cc:
>>> > >       Subject: [dba-SQLServer] Finding current login group
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >       SQL2000
>>> > >
>>> > >       I am using Windows Authentication.  I have set up Windows groups
>>> >that users
>>> > >       belong to.  These groups are set up in SQL as logins (this means
>>> >that new
>>> > >       users just need to be added to the windows group to be given
>>>access
>>> >to all
>>> > >       the databases with permissions for the group).
>>> > >
>>> > >       Within my ADP I need to find out what login the user has accessed
>>> >the SQL
>>> > >       database from so that I can show/hide controls etc.  However, 
>>> when
>>>I
>>> >use
>>> > >       the CURRENT_USER variable in a Sproc it returns the user, not the
>>> >group
>>> > >       they have come in by.
>>> > >
>>> > >       EG - egas\David is a member of egas\BillingUsers Group.
>>> >egas\BillingUsers
>>> > >       is set up as a login in SQL (egas\David is not).  When egas\David
>>>is
>>> >using
>>> > >       a database he has accessed it because he is a member of
>>> > >       egas\BillingUsers.  Is there a way to find out the login that was
>>> >used for
>>> > >       egas\David to get in (CURRENT_USER returns egas\David, I want
>>> > >       egas\BillingUsers)?
>>>
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