IsNTGroupMember Method

SQL-DMO

SQL-DMO

IsNTGroupMember Method

The IsNTGroupMember method exposes an instance of Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000 access rights for Windows NT® 4.0 or Microsoft Windows 2000 user accounts.

Applies To
SQLServer Object
Syntax

object.IsNTGroupMember( NTGroup , NTUser ) as Boolean

Parts

object

An expression that evaluates to an object in the Applies To list.

NTGroup

A string that names a Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 group account granted login access to an instance of SQL Server.

NTUser

A string that names a Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 user account.

Prototype (C/C++)

HRESULT IsNTGroupMember(SQLDMO_LPCSTR NTGroup,
SQLDMO_LPCSTR NTUser, LPBOOL pRetVal);

Returns

TRUE when the user identified is a member of the NT group. FALSE otherwise.

Remarks

Use the IsNTGroupMember method to discover access rights for a Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 user when login access is granted to Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 group accounts.

When a Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 security account is granted or denied access to an instance of SQL Server, an entry exists in syslogins. The SQL-DMO Logins collection will expose a member referencing the security account. When a syslogins record, or Login object, references a Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 group account, individual records and objects are not created referencing group members.