Quick reference of Farm Object’s Permissions Matrix

Farm Objects

	Central Admin Site (1)	Config DB	Shared Svc Admin Site (1)	SSP DB	Search DB	Project DB(s)	Associated Content Sites (1)
Central Admin App Pool	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W
SSP App Pool (admin site + web svc + timer)	-	R	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W
Content App Pools	-	R	-	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W

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