public role

From: Kevin Gurney (k@c.co.uk)
Date: 03/27/03


From: "Kevin Gurney" <k@c.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 17:08:30 -0000


I've noticed, whilst reviewing rights granted to the public role, that it
has permissions
to query system objects within certain databases.

Can anybody explain why the public role needs this access and can/should
select
rights be safely revoked?

TIA.



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