This script queries the following SQL Server 2005 security catalog views:
sys.database_role_members: This catalog view maps database users to database roles that they are members of sys.database_permissions: Contains information about all the permissions held by users and roles sys.objects: Contains information about all user-defined database objects sys.database_principals: Contains information about all database users and database roles sys.columns: Contains data about each column of an object that has columns, such as views or tables
To use the below script, you will have to change the values of the @OldUser and @NewUser to the name of 'the user or role from which to copy the permissions from'
For example, to script out the role ‘db_procexec’,change @olduser and @newuser to ‘DB_PROCEXEC’
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE @OldUser sysname, @NewUser sysname
SET @OldUser = 'HRUser'
SET @NewUser = 'PersonnelAdmin'
SELECT 'USE' + SPACE(1) + QUOTENAME(DB_NAME()) AS '--Database Context'
SELECT '--Cloning permissions from' + SPACE(1) + QUOTENAME(@OldUser) + SPACE(1) + 'to' + SPACE(1) + QUOTENAME(@NewUser) AS '--Comment'
SELECT 'EXEC sp_addrolemember @rolename ='
+ SPACE(1) + QUOTENAME(USER_NAME(rm.role_principal_id), '''') + ', @membername =' + SPACE(1) + QUOTENAME(@NewUser, '''') AS '--Role Memberships'
FROM sys.database_role_members AS rm
WHERE USER_NAME(rm.member_principal_id) = @OldUser
ORDER BY rm.role_principal_id ASC
SELECT CASE WHEN perm.state <> 'W' THEN perm.state_desc ELSE 'GRANT' END
+ SPACE(1) + perm.permission_name + SPACE(1) + 'ON ' + QUOTENAME(USER_NAME(obj.schema_id)) + '.' + QUOTENAME(obj.name)
+ CASE WHEN cl.column_id IS NULL THEN SPACE(0) ELSE '(' + QUOTENAME(cl.name) + ')' END
+ SPACE(1) + 'TO' + SPACE(1) + QUOTENAME(@NewUser) COLLATE database_default
+ CASE WHEN perm.state <> 'W' THEN SPACE(0) ELSE SPACE(1) + 'WITH GRANT OPTION' END AS '--Object Level Permissions'
FROM sys.database_permissions AS perm
INNER JOIN
sys.objects AS obj
ON perm.major_id = obj.[object_id]
INNER JOIN
sys.database_principals AS usr
ON perm.grantee_principal_id = usr.principal_id
LEFT JOIN
sys.columns AS cl
ON cl.column_id = perm.minor_id AND cl.[object_id] = perm.major_id
WHERE usr.name = @OldUser
ORDER BY perm.permission_name ASC, perm.state_desc ASC
SELECT CASE WHEN perm.state <> 'W' THEN perm.state_desc ELSE 'GRANT' END
+ SPACE(1) + perm.permission_name + SPACE(1)
+ SPACE(1) + 'TO' + SPACE(1) + QUOTENAME(@NewUser) COLLATE database_default
+ CASE WHEN perm.state <> 'W' THEN SPACE(0) ELSE SPACE(1) + 'WITH GRANT OPTION' END AS '--Database Level Permissions'
FROM sys.database_permissions AS perm
INNER JOIN
sys.database_principals AS usr
ON perm.grantee_principal_id = usr.principal_id
WHERE usr.name = @OldUser
AND perm.major_id = 0
ORDER BY perm.permission_name ASC, perm.state_desc ASC