Can I grant a group access to my db

I would like to be able to do something like this:
use mydb
exec sp_grantdbaccess 'localhost\Users'
go
When I do, I get this error msg:
Windows NT user or group 'localhost\Users' not found. Check the name
again.
The error message implies that I should be able to add a group.
A co-worker read on the web somewhere that this should work:
exec sp_grantdbaccess 'localhost\domain Users'
but it also fails the same way.
Any help would be appreciated,
TIA,
DaveDid you add that group as a login to SQL Server?
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
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"Dave" <kaatzd@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I would like to be able to do something like this:
> use mydb
> exec sp_grantdbaccess 'localhost\Users'
> go
> When I do, I get this error msg:
> Windows NT user or group 'localhost\Users' not found. Check the name
> again.
> The error message implies that I should be able to add a group.
> A co-worker read on the web somewhere that this should work:
> exec sp_grantdbaccess 'localhost\domain Users'
> but it also fails the same way.
> Any help would be appreciated,
> TIA,
> Dave
>|||Users is a predefined group, my understanding was that SQL would
recognize it.
Be that as it may, someone else in my company gave me the solution:
exec sp_grantdbaccess 'NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users'
and then I also needed to add above users to a role for my db, like so:
exec sp_addrolemember 'db_datareader', 'NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated
Users'
Thanks,
Dave
Tibor Karaszi wrote:[vbcol=seagreen]
> Did you add that group as a login to SQL Server?
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> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>
> "Dave" <kaatzd@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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