SQL Server query to find all permissions/access for all users in a database

I would like to write a query on a sql 2008 that will report all the users that have access to a specific database, or objects within the database such as tables, views, and stored procedures, either directly or due to roles, etc. This report would be used for security auditing purposes. Not sure if anyone has a query that will fit my needs completely, but hopefully something that will give me a good start. Either sql 2008, 2005 or 2000 will do, I can probably convert as needed.

From SQL Server 2005 on, you can use system views for that. For example, this query lists all users in a database, with their rights:

select princ.name
, princ.type_desc
, perm.permission_name
, perm.state_desc
, perm.class_desc
, object_name(perm.major_id)
from sys.database_principals princ
left join
sys.database_permissions perm
on perm.grantee_principal_id = princ.principal_id

Be aware that a user can have rights through a role as well. For example, the `db_data_reader` role grants `select` rights on most objects.

Can't comment on accepted answer so I'll add some comments here:

* I second Brad on schemas issue. From MS reference `sys.objects` table contains only schema-scoped objects. So to get info about "higher level" objects (i.e. schemas in our case) you need to use `sys.schemas` table.
* For `[ObjectType]` it's better to use `obj.type_desc` only for `OBJECT_OR_COLUMN` permission class. For all other cases use `perm.[class_desc]`
* Another type of permission which is not handled so well with this query is `IMPERSONATE`. To get info about impersonations one should `LEFT JOIN` with `sys.database_principals` on `perm.major_id = imp.principal_id`
* With my experience it's better to replace `sys.login_token` with `sys.server_principals` as it will show also SQL Logins, not only Windows ones
* One should add `'G'` to allowed principal types to allow Windows groups
* Also, one can exclude users `sys` and `INFORMATION_SCHEMA` from resulting table, as these users are used only for service

I'll post first piece of script with all proposed fixes, other parts should be changed as well:


SELECT
[UserName] = ulogin.[name],
[UserType] = CASE princ.[type]
WHEN 'S' THEN 'SQL User'
WHEN 'U' THEN 'Windows User'
WHEN 'G' THEN 'Windows Group'
END,
[DatabaseUserName] = princ.[name],
[Role] = null,
[PermissionType] = perm.[permission_name],
[PermissionState] = perm.[state_desc],
[ObjectType] = CASE perm.[class]
WHEN 1 THEN obj.type_desc -- Schema-contained objects
ELSE perm.[class_desc] -- Higher-level objects
END,
[ObjectName] = CASE perm.[class]
WHEN 1 THEN OBJECT_NAME(perm.major_id) -- General objects
WHEN 3 THEN schem.[name] -- Schemas
WHEN 4 THEN imp.[name] -- Impersonations
END,
[ColumnName] = col.[name]
FROM
--database user
sys.database_principals princ
LEFT JOIN
--Login accounts
sys.server_principals ulogin on princ.[sid] = ulogin.[sid]
LEFT JOIN
--Permissions
sys.database_permissions perm ON perm.[grantee_principal_id] = princ.[principal_id]
LEFT JOIN
--Table columns
sys.columns col ON col.[object_id] = perm.major_id
AND col.[column_id] = perm.[minor_id]
LEFT JOIN
sys.objects obj ON perm.[major_id] = obj.[object_id]
LEFT JOIN
sys.schemas schem ON schem.[schema_id] = perm.[major_id]
LEFT JOIN
sys.database_principals imp ON imp.[principal_id] = perm.[major_id]
WHERE
princ.[type] IN ('S','U','G') AND
-- No need for these system accounts
princ.[name] NOT IN ('sys', 'INFORMATION_SCHEMA')

CREATE PROCEDURE Get_permission
AS
DECLARE @db_name VARCHAR(200),
@sql_text VARCHAR(max)

SET @sql_text='Create table ##db_name (user_name varchar(max),'

DECLARE db_cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT name
FROM sys.databases

OPEN db_cursor

FETCH next FROM db_cursor INTO @db_name

WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
SET @sql_text=@sql_text + @db_name + ' varchar(max),'

FETCH next FROM db_cursor INTO @db_name
END

CLOSE db_cursor

SET @sql_text=@sql_text + 'Server_perm varchar(max))'

EXEC (@sql_text)

DEALLOCATE db_cursor

DECLARE @RoleName VARCHAR(50)
DECLARE @UserName VARCHAR(50)
DECLARE @CMD VARCHAR(1000)

CREATE TABLE #permission
(
user_name VARCHAR(50),
databasename VARCHAR(50),
role VARCHAR(50)
)

DECLARE longspcur CURSOR FOR
SELECT name
FROM sys.server_principals
WHERE type IN ( 'S', 'U', 'G' )
AND principal_id > 4
AND name NOT LIKE '##%'
AND name <> 'NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM'
AND name <> 'ONDEMAND\Administrator'
AND name NOT LIKE 'steel%'

OPEN longspcur

FETCH next FROM longspcur INTO @UserName

WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
CREATE TABLE #userroles_kk
(
databasename VARCHAR(50),
role VARCHAR(50)
)

CREATE TABLE #rolemember_kk
(
dbrole VARCHAR(100),
membername VARCHAR(100),
membersid VARBINARY(2048)
)

SET @CMD = 'use ? truncate table #RoleMember_kk insert into #RoleMember_kk exec sp_helprolemember insert into #UserRoles_kk (DatabaseName, Role) select db_name(), dbRole from #RoleMember_kk where MemberName = ''' + @UserName + ''''

EXEC Sp_msforeachdb
@CMD

INSERT INTO #permission
SELECT @UserName 'user',
b.name,
u.role
FROM sys.sysdatabases b
LEFT OUTER JOIN #userroles_kk u
ON u.databasename = b.name --and u.Role='db_owner'
ORDER BY 1

DROP TABLE #userroles_kk;

DROP TABLE #rolemember_kk;

FETCH next FROM longspcur INTO @UserName
END

CLOSE longspcur

DEALLOCATE longspcur

TRUNCATE TABLE ##db_name

DECLARE @d1 VARCHAR(max),
@d2 VARCHAR(max),
@d3 VARCHAR(max),
@ss VARCHAR(max)
DECLARE perm_cur CURSOR FOR
SELECT *
FROM #permission
ORDER BY 2 DESC

OPEN perm_cur

FETCH next FROM perm_cur INTO @d1, @d2, @d3

WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
IF NOT EXISTS(SELECT 1
FROM ##db_name
WHERE user_name = @d1)
BEGIN
SET @ss='insert into ##db_name(user_name) values ('''
+ @d1 + ''')'

EXEC (@ss)

SET @ss='update ##db_name set ' + @d2 + '=''' + @d3
+ ''' where user_name=''' + @d1 + ''''

EXEC (@ss)
END
ELSE
BEGIN
DECLARE @var NVARCHAR(max),
@ParmDefinition NVARCHAR(max),
@var1 NVARCHAR(max)

SET @var = N'select @var1=' + @d2
+ ' from ##db_name where USER_NAME=''' + @d1
+ '''';
SET @ParmDefinition = N'@var1 nvarchar(300) OUTPUT';

EXECUTE Sp_executesql
@var,
@ParmDefinition,
@var1=@var1 output;

SET @var1=Isnull(@var1, ' ')
SET @var= ' update ##db_name set ' + @d2 + '=''' + @var1 + ' '
+ @d3 + ''' where user_name=''' + @d1 + ''' '

EXEC (@var)
END

FETCH next FROM perm_cur INTO @d1, @d2, @d3
END

CLOSE perm_cur

DEALLOCATE perm_cur

SELECT *
FROM ##db_name

DROP TABLE ##db_name

DROP TABLE #permission

The GetPermissions Stored Procedure above is good however it uses Sp_msforeachdb which means that it will break if your SQL Instance has any databases names that include spaces or dashes and other non-best-practices characters. I have created a version that avoids the use of Sp_msforeachdb and also includes two columns that indicate 1 - if the Login is a sysadmin login (IsSysAdminLogin) and 2 - if the login is an orphan user (IsEmptyRow).


USE [master] ;
GO
IF EXISTS
(
SELECT * FROM sys.objects
WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N'dbo.uspGetPermissionsOfAllLogins_DBsOnColumns')
AND [type] in (N'P',N'PC')
)
BEGIN
DROP PROCEDURE dbo.uspGetPermissionsOfAllLogins_DBsOnColumns ;
END
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.uspGetPermissionsOfAllLogins_DBsOnColumns
AS
SET NOCOUNT ON
;
BEGIN TRY
IF EXISTS
(
SELECT * FROM tempdb.dbo.sysobjects
WHERE id = object_id(N'[tempdb].dbo.[#permission]')
)
DROP TABLE #permission
;
IF EXISTS
(
SELECT * FROM tempdb.dbo.sysobjects
WHERE id = object_id(N'[tempdb].dbo.[#userroles_kk]')
)
DROP TABLE #userroles_kk
;
IF EXISTS
(
SELECT * FROM tempdb.dbo.sysobjects
WHERE id = object_id(N'[tempdb].dbo.[#rolemember_kk]')
)
DROP TABLE #rolemember_kk
;
IF EXISTS
(
SELECT * FROM tempdb.dbo.sysobjects
WHERE id = object_id(N'[tempdb].dbo.[##db_name]')
)
DROP TABLE ##db_name
;
DECLARE
@db_name VARCHAR(255)
,@sql_text VARCHAR(MAX)
;
SET @sql_text =
'CREATE TABLE ##db_name
(
LoginUserName VARCHAR(MAX)
,'
;
DECLARE cursDBs CURSOR FOR
SELECT [name]
FROM sys.databases
ORDER BY [name]
;
OPEN cursDBs
;
FETCH NEXT FROM cursDBs INTO @db_name
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
SET @sql_text =
@sql_text + QUOTENAME(@db_name) + ' VARCHAR(MAX)
,'
FETCH NEXT FROM cursDBs INTO @db_name
END
CLOSE cursDBs
;
SET @sql_text =
@sql_text + 'IsSysAdminLogin CHAR(1)
,IsEmptyRow CHAR(1)
)'

--PRINT @sql_text
EXEC (@sql_text)
;
DEALLOCATE cursDBs
;
DECLARE
@RoleName VARCHAR(255)
,@UserName VARCHAR(255)
;
CREATE TABLE #permission
(
LoginUserName VARCHAR(255)
,databasename VARCHAR(255)
,[role] VARCHAR(255)
)
;
DECLARE cursSysSrvPrinName CURSOR FOR
SELECT [name]
FROM sys.server_principals
WHERE
[type] IN ( 'S', 'U', 'G' )
AND principal_id > 4
AND [name] NOT LIKE '##%'
ORDER BY [name]
;
OPEN cursSysSrvPrinName
;
FETCH NEXT FROM cursSysSrvPrinName INTO @UserName
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
CREATE TABLE #userroles_kk
(
databasename VARCHAR(255)
,[role] VARCHAR(255)
)
;
CREATE TABLE #rolemember_kk
(
dbrole VARCHAR(255)
,membername VARCHAR(255)
,membersid VARBINARY(2048)
)
;
DECLARE cursDatabases CURSOR FAST_FORWARD LOCAL FOR
SELECT [name]
FROM sys.databases
ORDER BY [name]
;
OPEN cursDatabases
;
DECLARE
@DBN VARCHAR(255)
,@sqlText NVARCHAR(4000)
;
FETCH NEXT FROM cursDatabases INTO @DBN
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
SET @sqlText =
N'USE ' + QUOTENAME(@DBN) + ';
TRUNCATE TABLE #RoleMember_kk
INSERT INTO #RoleMember_kk
EXEC sp_helprolemember
INSERT INTO #UserRoles_kk
(DatabaseName,[Role])
SELECT db_name(),dbRole
FROM #RoleMember_kk
WHERE MemberName = ''' + @UserName + '''
'

--PRINT @sqlText ;
EXEC sp_executesql @sqlText ;
FETCH NEXT FROM cursDatabases INTO @DBN
END
CLOSE cursDatabases
;
DEALLOCATE cursDatabases
;
INSERT INTO #permission
SELECT
@UserName 'user'
,b.name
,u.[role]
FROM
sys.sysdatabases b
LEFT JOIN
#userroles_kk u
ON QUOTENAME(u.databasename) = QUOTENAME(b.name)
ORDER BY 1
;
DROP TABLE #userroles_kk
;
DROP TABLE #rolemember_kk
;
FETCH NEXT FROM cursSysSrvPrinName INTO @UserName
END
CLOSE cursSysSrvPrinName
;
DEALLOCATE cursSysSrvPrinName
;
TRUNCATE TABLE ##db_name
;
DECLARE
@d1 VARCHAR(MAX)
,@d2 VARCHAR(MAX)
,@d3 VARCHAR(MAX)
,@ss VARCHAR(MAX)
;
DECLARE cursPermisTable CURSOR FOR
SELECT * FROM #permission
ORDER BY 2 DESC
;
OPEN cursPermisTable
;
FETCH NEXT FROM cursPermisTable INTO @d1,@d2,@d3
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
IF NOT EXISTS
(
SELECT 1 FROM ##db_name WHERE LoginUserName = @d1
)
BEGIN
SET @ss =
'INSERT INTO ##db_name(LoginUserName) VALUES (''' + @d1 + ''')'
EXEC (@ss)
;
SET @ss =
'UPDATE ##db_name SET ' + @d2 + ' = ''' + @d3 + ''' WHERE LoginUserName = ''' + @d1 + ''''
EXEC (@ss)
;
END
ELSE
BEGIN
DECLARE
@var NVARCHAR(MAX)
,@ParmDefinition NVARCHAR(MAX)
,@var1 NVARCHAR(MAX)
;
SET @var =
N'SELECT @var1 = ' + QUOTENAME(@d2) + ' FROM ##db_name WHERE LoginUserName = ''' + @d1 + ''''
;
SET @ParmDefinition =
N'@var1 NVARCHAR(600) OUTPUT '
;
EXECUTE Sp_executesql @var,@ParmDefinition,@var1 = @var1 OUTPUT
;
SET @var1 =
ISNULL(@var1, ' ')
;
SET @var =
' UPDATE ##db_name SET ' + @d2 + '=''' + @var1 + ' ' + @d3 + ''' WHERE LoginUserName = ''' + @d1 + ''' '
;
EXEC (@var)
;
END
FETCH NEXT FROM cursPermisTable INTO @d1,@d2,@d3
END
CLOSE cursPermisTable
;
DEALLOCATE cursPermisTable
;
UPDATE ##db_name SET
IsSysAdminLogin = 'Y'
FROM
##db_name TT
INNER JOIN
dbo.syslogins SL
ON TT.LoginUserName = SL.[name]
WHERE
SL.sysadmin = 1
;
DECLARE cursDNamesAsColumns CURSOR FAST_FORWARD LOCAL FOR
SELECT [name]
FROM tempdb.sys.columns
WHERE
OBJECT_ID = OBJECT_ID('tempdb..##db_name')
AND [name] NOT IN ('LoginUserName','IsEmptyRow')
ORDER BY [name]
;
OPEN cursDNamesAsColumns
;
DECLARE
@ColN VARCHAR(255)
,@tSQLText NVARCHAR(4000)
;
FETCH NEXT FROM cursDNamesAsColumns INTO @ColN
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
SET @tSQLText =
N'UPDATE ##db_name SET
IsEmptyRow = ''N''
WHERE IsEmptyRow IS NULL
AND ' + QUOTENAME(@ColN) + ' IS NOT NULL
;
'

--PRINT @tSQLText ;
EXEC sp_executesql @tSQLText ;
FETCH NEXT FROM cursDNamesAsColumns INTO @ColN
END
CLOSE cursDNamesAsColumns
;
DEALLOCATE cursDNamesAsColumns
;
UPDATE ##db_name SET
IsEmptyRow = 'Y'
WHERE IsEmptyRow IS NULL
;
UPDATE ##db_name SET
IsSysAdminLogin = 'N'
FROM
##db_name TT
INNER JOIN
dbo.syslogins SL
ON TT.LoginUserName = SL.[name]
WHERE
SL.sysadmin = 0
;
SELECT * FROM ##db_name
;
DROP TABLE ##db_name
;
DROP TABLE #permission
;
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
DECLARE
@cursDBs_Status INT
,@cursSysSrvPrinName_Status INT
,@cursDatabases_Status INT
,@cursPermisTable_Status INT
,@cursDNamesAsColumns_Status INT
;
SELECT
@cursDBs_Status = CURSOR_STATUS('GLOBAL','cursDBs')
,@cursSysSrvPrinName_Status = CURSOR_STATUS('GLOBAL','cursSysSrvPrinName')
,@cursDatabases_Status = CURSOR_STATUS('GLOBAL','cursDatabases')
,@cursPermisTable_Status = CURSOR_STATUS('GLOBAL','cursPermisTable')
,@cursDNamesAsColumns_Status = CURSOR_STATUS('GLOBAL','cursPermisTable')
;
IF @cursDBs_Status > -2
BEGIN
CLOSE cursDBs ;
DEALLOCATE cursDBs ;
END
IF @cursSysSrvPrinName_Status > -2
BEGIN
CLOSE cursSysSrvPrinName ;
DEALLOCATE cursSysSrvPrinName ;
END
IF @cursDatabases_Status > -2
BEGIN
CLOSE cursDatabases ;
DEALLOCATE cursDatabases ;
END
IF @cursPermisTable_Status > -2
BEGIN
CLOSE cursPermisTable ;
DEALLOCATE cursPermisTable ;
END
IF @cursDNamesAsColumns_Status > -2
BEGIN
CLOSE cursDNamesAsColumns ;
DEALLOCATE cursDNamesAsColumns ;
END
SELECT ErrorNum = ERROR_NUMBER(),ErrorMsg = ERROR_MESSAGE() ;
END CATCH
GO
/*
EXEC [master].dbo.uspGetPermissionsOfAllLogins_DBsOnColumns ;
*/

Unfortunately I couldn't comment on the Sean Rose post due to insufficient reputation, however I had to amend the "public" role portion of the script as it didn't show SCHEMA-scoped permissions due to the (INNER) JOIN against sys.objects. After that was changed to a LEFT JOIN I further had to amend the WHERE-clause logic to omit system objects. My amended query for the public perms is below.

--3) List all access provisioned to the public role, which everyone gets by default
SELECT
@@servername ServerName
, db_name() DatabaseName
, [UserType] = '{All Users}',
[DatabaseUserName] = '{All Users}',
[LoginName] = '{All Users}',
[Role] = roleprinc.[name],
[PermissionType] = perm.[permission_name],
[PermissionState] = perm.[state_desc],
[ObjectType] = CASE perm.[class]
WHEN 1 THEN obj.[type_desc] -- Schema-contained objects
ELSE perm.[class_desc] -- Higher-level objects
END,
[Schema] = objschem.[name],
[ObjectName] = CASE perm.[class]
WHEN 3 THEN permschem.[name] -- Schemas
WHEN 4 THEN imp.[name] -- Impersonations
ELSE OBJECT_NAME(perm.[major_id]) -- General objects
END,
[ColumnName] = col.[name]
FROM
--Roles
sys.database_principals AS roleprinc
--Role permissions
LEFT JOIN sys.database_permissions AS perm ON perm.[grantee_principal_id] = roleprinc.[principal_id]
LEFT JOIN sys.schemas AS permschem ON permschem.[schema_id] = perm.[major_id]
--All objects
LEFT JOIN sys.objects AS obj ON obj.[object_id] = perm.[major_id]
LEFT JOIN sys.schemas AS objschem ON objschem.[schema_id] = obj.[schema_id]
--Table columns
LEFT JOIN sys.columns AS col ON col.[object_id] = perm.[major_id]
AND col.[column_id] = perm.[minor_id]
--Impersonations
LEFT JOIN sys.database_principals AS imp ON imp.[principal_id] = perm.[major_id]
WHERE
roleprinc.[type] = 'R'
AND roleprinc.[name] = 'public'
AND isnull(obj.[is_ms_shipped], 0) = 0
AND isnull(object_schema_name(perm.[major_id]), '') <> 'sys'

ORDER BY
[UserType],
[DatabaseUserName],
[LoginName],
[Role],
[Schema],
[ObjectName],
[ColumnName],
[PermissionType],
[PermissionState],
[ObjectType]

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I tried just about all of these but I quickly noticed that some were missing, especially sysadmin users. Having a hole like that won't look good in our upcoming audit, so this is what I came up with

USE master
GO

SELECT DISTINCT
p.name AS [loginname] ,
--p.type,
p.type_desc ,
p.is_disabled,
s.sysadmin,
sp.permission_name
FROM sys.server_principals p
INNER JOIN sys.syslogins s ON p.sid = s.sid
INNER JOIN sys.server_permissions sp ON p.principal_id = sp.grantee_principal_id
WHERE p.type_desc IN ('SQL_LOGIN', 'WINDOWS_LOGIN', 'WINDOWS_GROUP')
-- Logins that are not process logins
AND p.name NOT LIKE '##%'
ORDER BY p.name
GO

If you want check access to databases for a particular login has use this simple script as below:

sys.sp_helplogins @LoginNamePattern = 'Domain\login' -- sysname

A simple query that shows only whether you are a SysAdmin or not :

IF IS_SRVROLEMEMBER ('sysadmin') = 1
print 'Current user''s login is a member of the sysadmin role'
ELSE IF IS_SRVROLEMEMBER ('sysadmin') = 0
print 'Current user''s login is NOT a member of the sysadmin role'
ELSE IF IS_SRVROLEMEMBER ('sysadmin') IS NULL
print 'ERROR: The server role specified is not valid.';