sp_srvrolepermission (T-SQL)

Returns the permissions applied to a fixed server role.

Syntax

sp_srvrolepermission [[@srvrolename =] 'role']

Arguments

[@srvrolename =] 'role'

Is the name of the fixed server role for which permissions are returned. role is sysname, with a default of NULL. If not specified, the permissions for all fixed server roles are returned. role can be one of these values.

Value	Description
sysadmin	System administrators
securityadmin	Security administrators
serveradmin	Server administrators
setupadmin	Setup administrators
processadmin	Process administrators
diskadmin	Disk administrators
dbcreator	Database creators

Return Code Values

0 (success) or 1 (failure)

Result Sets

Column name	Data type	Description
ServerRole	sysname	Name of a fixed server role
Permission	sysname	Permission associated with ServerRole

Remarks

The permissions applied to members of fixed server roles are managed internally and are not part of the security system used to manage the permissions for the other types of security accounts.

The permissions listed include the Transact-SQL statements that can be executed, as well as other special activities that can be performed by members of the fixed server role. To display a list of the fixed server roles, execute sp_helpsrvrole.

The sysadmin fixed server role has the permissions of all the other fixed server roles.

Permissions

Execute permissions default to the public role.

Examples

This example displays the permissions associated with the sysadmin fixed server role.

EXEC sp_srvrolepermission 'sysadmin'

sp_addsrvrolemember	sp_helpsrvrole
sp_dropsrvrolemember	System Stored Procedures