I've been struggling my way through create a new DB user for an Azure SQL database. Here are the three statements I'm doing:
Create a new Azure login:
CREATE LOGIN [bobby] WITH PASSWORD = 'Password1'
Create a new DB user within the Azure login:
CREATE USER bobby FOR LOGIN bobby;
ALTER USER bobby with DEFAULT_SCHEMA = 'newschema';
To add a user to a DB group for that database — note, it is only for that database (whatever is in the current USE command):
EXEC sp_addrolemember 'db_owner', 'bobby'
For the life of me I couldn't figure out how to do GRANTs for step three. Every time I would try a statement it would give me some flavor of "permission denied" even though I am the one (and only) admin user in Azure. Is this the only way to add roles in Azure? Or am I totally missing something here?
In Azure SQL database, the whole step should be this:
1. Run the command in master DB:
CREATE LOGIN [bobby] WITH PASSWORD = 'Password1'
2. Go to the user database, run the command bellow:
CREATE USER bobby FOR LOGIN bobby;
ALTER USER bobby with DEFAULT_SCHEMA = 'newschema';
ALTER ROLE db_owner ADD MEMBER [bobby];
Please use server admin to create the login or user firstly.
Ref document here: ALTER ROLE (Transact-SQL)
We have moved our database from a physical server to a Azure PaaS SQL database. The server login is used by the application to connect to the database. I need to create another login account with read-only access to the database. Can someone please help.
Things i have tried already.
CREATE LOGIN login123
WITH PASSWORD = *******
CREATE USER login123
FOR LOGIN login123
WITH DEFAULT_SCHEMA = dbo
ALTER ROLE db_datareader ADD MEMBER login123
The above was executed successfully but when the application uses this login it gets the below error.
"The server pricipal "login123" is not able to access the database "master" under the current security context. Cannot open user default database. Login failed."
When you run this query:
CREATE LOGIN login123
WITH PASSWORD = *******
CREATE USER login123
FOR LOGIN login123
WITH DEFAULT_SCHEMA = dbo
ALTER ROLE db_datareader ADD MEMBER login123
This means that the new user only have the readonly permission for the database.
Which database the query run in, the readonly permission is for which database.
The user don't have the permission to access other database or master db.
For more details, please see:
Controlling and granting database access to SQL Database and SQL
Data Warehouse
Database-Level Roles
If you want the user both have the readonly permission to more database, you should create more user(with the same) in different database. Using one Login mapping to more users.
Here the T-SQL code, I tested and it works in Azure SQL database:
USE master
CREATE LOGIN login123
WITH PASSWORD = '****'
GO
CREATE USER login123
FOR LOGIN login123
WITH DEFAULT_SCHEMA = db_datareader
GO
USE Mydatabase
CREATE USER login123
FOR LOGIN login123
WITH DEFAULT_SCHEMA = dbo
GO
ALTER ROLE db_datareader ADD MEMBER login123
GO
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Hope this helps.
With Azure-Sql-database You can't use a sql server login to connect to the master database
You have to put in the connection string the database that you want to access.
you can find more information on this link :
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sql-database/sql-database-manage-logins#non-administrator-users
I want to map login user (i.e. TestUser) to already created database (i.e. JIRADB), but after executing below query no user is added in JIRADB.
Refer the image link provided, I want JIRADB to be checked after execution of the query.
Can someone help me with the exact query to achieve this task?
Here is the code, which I currently tried:-
USE [JIRADB]
GO
CREATE LOGIN TestUser WITH PASSWORD="sauser123', DEFAULT_DATABASE=[JIRADB], CHECK_EXPIRATION=OFF, CHECK_POLICY=ON
GO
Just creating a login isn't enough, that login needs a user in the database as well that is mapped to the login.
USE [master]
GO
CREATE LOGIN TestUser WITH PASSWORD="sauser123', DEFAULT_DATABASE=[JIRADB], CHECK_EXPIRATION=OFF, CHECK_POLICY=ON
GO
USE [JIRADB]
GO
CREATE USER [TestUser] FOR LOGIN [TestUser]
GO
--Optional, add the user to database roles if required
ALTER ROLE db_datareader ADD MEMBER [TestUser]
GO
You will notice I also have an alter role statement in there as well, as if you just create a user in a database, it will just be a member of the public role, if you need any other permissions you must either add the user to a database role, or explicitly assign permissions to them.
I create a db on azure portal. After this I connect to the azure db with my own application which i programming in dotnet. What i want is to create a new login which have the permission to also create new logins. So i connect to master db, then i create a new SQL login, then i create a new user from the login and add them to the loginmanager role. So know i can create new logins with the user but when i want create also user from login then i get an error that i have no permission to alter the the login. So what can i do?
Thanks for helping
Daniel
The problem is that the loginmanager role doesn't have the necessary permissions to create or alter users. The 'CREATE USER' statement requires the 'ALTER ANY USER' permission (details here).
So, in the first step you create a login and user in the master database that has the 'loginmanager' role.
-- connect to the master database with your 'sa' account
CREATE LOGIN login1 WITH PASSWORD='<your password>';
CREATE USER login1user FROM LOGIN login1;
EXEC sp_addrolemember 'loginmanager', 'login1user';
In the second step you need to grant this user the 'ALTER ANY USER' permission. Note that this needs to be done in the application database in which you want to have the user accounts.
-- connect to the application database with your 'sa' account
CREATE USER login1user FROM LOGIN login1;
GRANT ALTER ANY USER TO login1user;
You should now be able to create new logins and the associated users. Note that you create the logins in the master database, and you create the user in the application database.
I am trying to use the following template:
-- =================================================
-- Create User as DBO template for SQL Azure Database
-- =================================================
-- For login <login_name, sysname, login_name>, create a user in the database
CREATE USER <user_name, sysname, user_name>
FOR LOGIN <login_name, sysname, login_name>
WITH DEFAULT_SCHEMA = <default_schema, sysname, dbo>
GO
-- Add user to the database owner role
EXEC sp_addrolemember N'db_owner', N'<user_name, sysname, user_name>'
GO
I would like to create a user called user1 with a password of 'user1pass'. I connected with my default database 'authentication' and I have a query window open.
But the template does not make sense for me. For example what's sysname, where do I supply the password and what should I use as the default_schema?
The particular user needs to have the power to do everything. But how do I set it up so he can do everything, is that done if I make the user a database owner?
So far I have tried:
CREATE USER user1, sysname, user1
FOR LOGIN user1, sysname, user1
WITH DEFAULT_SCHEMA = dbo, sysname, dbo
GO
Giving:
Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 1 Incorrect syntax near ','.
and:
CREATE USER user1
FOR LOGIN user1
WITH DEFAULT_SCHEMA = dbo
GO
Giving:
Msg 15007, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 'user1' i
s not a valid login or you do not have permission.
Edit - Contained User (v12 and later)
As of Sql Azure 12, databases will be created as Contained Databases which will allow users to be created directly in your database, without the need for a server login via master.
Sql (standard) User
CREATE USER [MyUser] WITH PASSWORD = 'Secret';
ALTER ROLE [db_datareader] ADD MEMBER [MyUser]; -- or sp_addrolemember
AAD linked User
CREATE USER [SomeUser#mydomain.com] FROM EXTERNAL PROVIDER;
EXEC sp_addrolemember 'db_datareader' , N'SomeUser#mydomain.com'
AAD linked Group
CREATE USER [SomeGroup] FROM EXTERNAL PROVIDER;
EXEC sp_addrolemember 'db_datareader' , N'SomeGroup'
NB! when connecting to the database when using a contained user that you must always specify the database in the connection string.
Traditional Server Login - Database User (Pre v 12)
Just to add to #Igorek's answer, you can do the following in Sql Server Management Studio:
Create the new Login on the server
In master (via the Available databases drop down in SSMS - this is because USE master doesn't work in Azure):
create the login:
CREATE LOGIN username WITH password=N'password';
Create the new User in the database
Switch to the actual database (again via the available databases drop down, or a new connection)
CREATE USER username FROM LOGIN username;
(I've assumed that you want the user and logins to tie up as username, but change if this isn't the case.)
Now add the user to the relevant security roles
EXEC sp_addrolemember N'db_owner', N'username'
GO
(Obviously an app user should have less privileges than dbo.)
Check out this link for all of the information : https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/adding-users-to-your-sql-azure-database/
First you need to create a login for SQL Azure, its syntax is as follows:
CREATE LOGIN username WITH password='password';
This command needs to run in master db. Only afterwards can you run commands to create a user in the database. The way SQL Azure or SQL Server works is that there is a login created first at the server level and then it is mapped to a user in every database.
HTH
I followed the answers here but when I tried to connect with my new user, I got an error message stating "The server principal 'newuser' is not able to access the database 'master' under the current security context".
I had to also create a new user in the master table to successfully log in with SSMS.
USE [master]
GO
CREATE LOGIN [newuser] WITH PASSWORD=N'blahpw'
GO
CREATE USER [newuser] FOR LOGIN [newuser] WITH DEFAULT_SCHEMA=[dbo]
GO
USE [MyDatabase]
CREATE USER newuser FOR LOGIN newuser WITH DEFAULT_SCHEMA = dbo
GO
EXEC sp_addrolemember N'db_owner', N'newuser'
GO
You can simply create a contained user in SQL DB V12.
Create user containeduser with password = 'Password'
Contained user login is more efficient than login to the database using the login created by master. You can find more details # http://www.sqlindepth.com/contained-users-in-sql-azure-db-v12/
I use the Azure Management console tool of CodePlex, with a very useful GUI, try it. You can save type some code.
1 Create login while connecting to the master db
(in your databaseclient open a connection to the master db)
CREATE LOGIN 'testUserLogin' WITH password='1231!#ASDF!a';
2 Create a user while connecting to your db (in your db client open a connection to your database)
CREATE USER testUserLoginFROM LOGIN testUserLogin;
Please, note, user name is the same as login. It did not work for me when I had a different username and login.
3 Add required permissions
EXEC sp_addrolemember db_datawriter, 'testUser';
You may want to add 'db_datareader' as well.
list of the roles:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/security/authentication-access/database-level-roles?view=sql-server-ver15
I was inspired by #nthpixel answer, but it did not work for my db client DBeaver.
It did not allow me to run USE [master] and use [my-db] statements.
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/adding-users-to-your-sql-azure-database/
How to test your user?
Run the query bellow in the master database connection.
SELECT A.name as userName, B.name as login, B.Type_desc, default_database_name, B.*
FROM sys.sysusers A
FULL OUTER JOIN sys.sql_logins B
ON A.sid = B.sid
WHERE islogin = 1 and A.sid is not null
List of all users in Azure SQL
create a user and then add user to a specific role:
CREATE USER [test] WITH PASSWORD=N'<strong password>'
go
ALTER ROLE [db_datareader] ADD MEMBER [test]
go
I found this link very helpful:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/documentation/articles/sql-database-manage-logins/
It details things like:
- Azure SQL Database subscriber account
- Using Azure Active Directory users to access the database
- Server-level principal accounts (unrestricted access)
- Adding users to the dbmanager database role
I used this and Stuart's answer to do the following:
On the master database (see link as to who has permissions on this):
CREATE LOGIN [MyAdmin] with password='ReallySecurePassword'
And then on the database in question:
CREATE USER [MyAdmin] FROM LOGIN [MyAdmin]
ALTER ROLE db_owner ADD MEMBER [MyAdmin]
You can also create users like this, according to the link:
CREATE USER [mike#contoso.com] FROM EXTERNAL PROVIDER;
I think the templates use the following notation: variable name, variable type, default value.
Sysname is a built-in data type which can hold the names of system objects.
It is limited to 128 Unicode character.
-- same as sysname type
declare #my_sysname nvarchar(128);