You should not disable the guest user in the msdb database in SQL Server

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Posted on May 11, 2011 by in SQL Server

SQL Server Books Online recommends that you disable the guest user in every database as a best practice for securing the database server. This recommendation does not apply to master, msdb, and tempb system databases. In order for some Microsoft SQL Server features to work, the guest user must be enabled in the msdb database. This article describes some issues that you may experience if you disable the guest user in the msdb database. The article also provides information about how to resolve those issues.

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Yes, indeed - sometimes the guest user account is admins best friend. THX Christoph - I wish you and your family a nice day, tosc
2011-05-17 @ 22:12


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