Changing user encryption permissions

The Database Owner grants permissions for users at the database level.

Changing permissions

In the server, click Databases to display a list of available databases.
Select the database you want to expand.
Select the User folder.
Double-click the user name.
The User Properties window displays six tabs.
- General – information on the user, type, group, and login.
- Objects Owned – the objects owned by the user.
- Commands – list of commands the user has permission to use.
- Column Permissions – tables and columns on which the user has permission.
- Aliased Logins – logins mapped to this user.
- Object Permissions – permissions for tables, stored procedures, views, extended stored procedures, and encryption keys.
Select the Objects Permissions tab.
In the Permissions list, select Tables, Stored Procedures, Views, Extended Stored Procedures, or Encryption Keys to change the appropriate permissions.

You can grant these permission types for tables:
- Sel – Permission to select
- Ins – Permission to insert.
- Del – Permission to delete.
- Upd – Permission to update.
- Ref – Permission to create referential constraints.
- Decrypt – Permission to decrypt.
For Stored Procedure and Extended Stored Procedure, you can grant Execute permission.

You can grant these permission types for views:
- Sel – Permission to select
- Ins – Permission to insert.
- Del – Permission to delete.
- Upd – Permission to update.
You can grant these permission types for Encryption Keys:
- Sel – Permission to select.
- Alter Key – Permission to change the default encryption key.
Click OK or Apply when finished.

Sybase Central reports on permissions explicitly granted, revoked, and those that users obtain by being members in a group. It does not show permissions associated with a role (such as the sa_role) associated with their logins.