[dba-Tech] Detrude?

[Stuart McLachlan]

Yep,  when giving addition privileges for a task, you "elevate them"

I'd probably use promote/demote when changing an account. type betwwen "Standard User" 
and "Admininistrator".


On 6 Dec 2021 at 8:58, Gustav Brock via dba-Tech wrote:

> Hi Stuart
> 
> Oh, those links make good sense as they are about elevating the
> "privileges of a user account", not the user account as such. Also,
> the elevated privileges are temporary - to carry out a task, even for
> an admin account - which means there will be no de-elevating to take
> hand of, as that will happen automatically.
> 
> So, I had got it wrong. You don't elevate a user account; you elevate
> the privileges of a user account. That's different from promoting or
> demoting a user account.
> 
> Thanks for the clarification.
>