replication monitor group

Hi,
I am part of the replmonitor role of a distribution
database. I am able to view the agents of the distribution
database but i am unable to start or stop any agent. the
books online says that i should be able to. Reference
Replication/administering and monitoring replication/Tools
for administering and monitoring replication/Replication
Monitor: "You can use Replication Monitor
to: ....Administer agents and subscriptions including
starting and stopping agents and reinitializing
subscriptions".
what did i miss?
Thankx for any help
do a search in BOL for replmonitor and look in Role Requirements. It states that this role can only view. It further states that you can't change anything unless you are also a member of the sysadmin role.
Likewise you can't start or stop agents unless you are a member of the sysadmin role, although this is left unstated in BOL.
In the quote you gave, it does say you can stop and start replication agents using replication monitor, but what is left unsaid is that you need the correct permissions to do so. If you do search on BOL for replmonitor and look in the Replication Monitor
section it does say however "however, the user will not ba ale to administer replication." Starting and stopping agents falls under the umbrella of administering replication.
Looking for a SQL Server replication book?
http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html
"mona" wrote:

> Hi,
> I am part of the replmonitor role of a distribution
> database. I am able to view the agents of the distribution
> database but i am unable to start or stop any agent. the
> books online says that i should be able to. Reference
> Replication/administering and monitoring replication/Tools
> for administering and monitoring replication/Replication
> Monitor: "You can use Replication Monitor
> to: ....Administer agents and subscriptions including
> starting and stopping agents and reinitializing
> subscriptions".
> what did i miss?
> Thankx for any help
>