Service Accounts on SQL Server

Check Description

This check determines whether the Microsoft® SQL Server™ service accounts are members of the local Administrators or Domain Admins groups on the scanned computer, or whether any SQL Server service accounts are running under the LocalSystem context.

The MSSQLServer and SQLServerAgent service accounts are checked on the scanned computer.

Note

• If you receive the "No permissions to access database" error message, you might not have permissions to the master database.

Additional Resources

SQL Server 7.0 Security

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Security

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