New MS SQL User cannot display DBs via Enterprise Manager

I have a SQL Server 2000 instance running sp3 (in a cluster).
When I create a NEW SQL user, and give that user access to ONE database (pub
lic and DBO) I cannot list ANY databases from Enterprise Manager when I logi
n with that user. If I refresh the Enterprise Manager Databases View, eventu
ally it will display the Da
tabases - but only after about 10 minutes and I get access violation errors
in my SQL and NT logs. Even if I create a 'dummy SQL login' and give it acce
ss to Northwind, the same results - I cannot list databases in Enterprise Ma
nager. I tried changing the
users default DB to Master - but I got the same results. It does not seem t
o matter what I make the default DB for this user - I still get the errors.
I tried to recreate this problem on another Clustered SQL Server 2000 Instan
ce - this one running sp3a, and I am NOT able to recreate this problem.
I can't imagine that this is a Service Pack issue. Does anyone have any sugg
estions?Previous post "If I refresh the Enterprise Manager Databases View,
eventually it will display the Databases - but only after about 10 minutes
and I get access violation errors in my SQL and NT logs. "
I'd recommend opening up a support case with a SQL Engineer to review teh
Access Violation errors. All bets are off until you resolve this first.
Thanks,
Kevin McDonnell
Microsoft Corporation
This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties, and confers no rights.|||Found the following KB article
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...15523&Product=s
ql2k
and I checked this out by doing a select * from sysusers on each of my
Databases and 'some' of them had the guest account deleted directly from
their sysusers table!!!
To test the script in the article, I took a 'healthy' DEV Instance,
turned ON the switch in the server setttings that allows modifications
to be made directly to system catalogs, then I deleted the guest account
in one of my user databases. This 'broke' it and i could no longer get
a list of DBs in EM without sysadmin priviledges. I ran the script
which checked each DB and adds the guest account make in if it find it
missing and then disables the "allow modifications to be made directly
to system catalogs" switch. AND THIS WORKED!!!!
Thought I would pass this on. Thank you everyone for your input.
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