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\n

Introduction<\/h3>\n

\nYesterday we talked about what you have to do to revoke a permission that was granted specifying the WITH GRANT OPTION<\/span><\/a>. Today I would like to show you how to remove just the grant option without revoking the permission itself.\n<\/p>\n

REVOKE GRANT OPTION Example<\/h3>\n

\nFirst we need to GRANT<\/span> a grantable permission to TestUser1<\/span> and then have TestUser1<\/span> grant that permission to TestUser2<\/span>. We going to use the same T-SQL batch for this task that you have seen before, for example in yesterday's post<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n[sql]\nGRANT SELECT ON OBJECT::dbo.tst TO TestUser1 WITH GRANT OPTION;
\nGO
\nEXECUTE AS USER='TestUser1';
\n GRANT SELECT ON OBJECT::dbo.tst TO TestUser2;
\nREVERT;
\nGO
\nEXECUTE AS USER='TestUser2';
\n SELECT * FROM dbo.tst AS T;
\nREVERT;
\nGO
\n[\/sql]\n<\/div>\n

\nNow with all those permissions in place we can try to revoke just the grant option from TestUser1<\/span>. For that we need to add the specification GRANT OPTION FOR<\/span> to the REVOKE<\/span> statement, right in front of the privilege, like this:\n<\/p>\n

\n[sql]\nREVOKE GRANT OPTION FOR SELECT ON OBJECT::dbo.tst FROM TestUser1 CASCADE;
\n[\/sql]\n<\/div>\n

\nAs before, because we are removing the ability for TestUser1<\/span> to grant the permission, we also have to specify the CASCADE<\/span> keyword. This will cause all permissions that were granted by TestUser1<\/span> using this specific permission to be revoked too. Let's see this in action:\n<\/p>\n

\n\"the<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\nThe ability to grant was removed successfully. However, the SELECT<\/span> privilege itself was preserved. TestUser1<\/span> is still able to select from the table. However, TestUser2<\/span> is now not so lucky anymore. The SELECT<\/span> permission was successfully and completely removed from TestUser2<\/span>:\n<\/p>\n

\n\"Cascading<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

Summary<\/h3>\n

\nThe REVOKE GRANT OPTION<\/span> statement can be used to remove just the grant option from a granted permission without revoking the permission itself. Because the ability to grant is removed, SQL Server requires the use of the CASCADE<\/span> keyword, which causes all permissions that were granted based on this permission to be revoked recursively.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To remove just the grant option from a permission that has been granted specifying WITH GRANT OPTION , the REVOKE GRANT OPTION statement can be used. Read on to get all the details.<\/p>\n

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