Setting permission on content DB

Question

I have set permission explicitly on a content DB for a user using SQL Management Studio, but after installing SharePoint SP1, the permissions set for users explicitly were deleted. What's the best approach of giving users permissions to do some basic operations?

What I am trying to do is to add a user as farm admin so he can execute PowerShell code, so I added him as local admin to the machine, as farm admin from Central Administration, and gave him permissions on SQL config DB and content DBs. Is that right?

Answer 1

You should use the Add-SPShellAdmin Cmdlet to grant such permissions for users on content DBs. You can remove the permissions via Remove-SPShellAdmin, or list the granted users via Get-SPShellAdmin.