DBA   Select this option to grant DBA authority to the user; a user with DBA authority can fully administer the database. See DBA authority.

Resource   Select this option to grant RESOURCE authority to the user; a user with RESOURCE authority can create database objects. See RESOURCE authority.

Remote DBA   Select this option to grant Remote DBA authority to the user. The SQL Remote Message Agent (dbremote) should also be run using a user ID with Remote DBA authority to ensure that actions can be performed without creating security loopholes. See GRANT REMOTE DBA statement [MobiLink] [SQL Remote].

Backup   Select this option to grant backup authority to the user. See BACKUP authority.

Validate   Select this option to grant validate authority to the user. A user with validate authority can perform the operations executed by the different VALIDATE statements, such as database, table, index, and checksum validation. See VALIDATE authority.

Profile   Grants application profiling and database tracing capabilities to the user. See PROFILE authority.

Readfile   Grants the ability to use query files using the OPENSTRING clause of the SELECT statement. See READFILE authority.

Read Client File   Grants the ability to read a file on the client computer. See READCLIENTFILE authority.

Write Client File   Grants the ability to write to a file on the client computer. See WRITECLIENTFILE authority.