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Article Number | 000031356 |
Applies To | RSA Product Set: Adaptive Authentication (OnPrem) RSA Product/Service Type: Adaptive Authentication (OnPrem) RSA Version/Condition: 7.x Platform: Windows Platform (Other): SQL Server |
Issue | The xp_cmdshell option is a SQL Server server configuration option that enables system administrators to control whether the xp_cmdshell extended stored procedure can be executed on a system. By default, the xp_cmdshell option is disabled on new installations. Questions on whether to disable xp_cmdshell come up when customer is looking at hardening their database server. |
Resolution | xp_cmdshell is not used by Adaptive Authentication On-Prem and can be disabled. |