Re: MSExchangeSA locking domain administrator account

Is the service configured to log on using the administrator account?
Exchange 2003 does not require a service account - it uses LocalSystem by default.

Exchange Server 2003 --> Understanding Windows Services Architecture
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998749(EXCHG.65).aspx
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"boxer" <a@xxxxx> wrote in message news:%23lPhvlqMJHA.468@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dear all,

I discovered that MsExchangeSa (mad.exe) for some reason tries to authenticate as domain\administrator and effect is that our domain admin is constantly locked.

In security log I have event id 529: (repeatedly 2 times every 5 Minutes)

Logon Failure:
Reason: Unknown user name or bad password
User Name: Administrator
Logon Type: 7
Logon Process: Advapi
Authentication Package: Negotiate
Caller Logon ID: (0x0,0x3E7)
Caller Process ID: 4248

PID 4248 belogs to mad.exe

I suppose that it tries to authenticate with bad password.

Currently we have this Exchange server 2003 with sp2 on DC which I know that is not recommended configuration but because of some other things I am not able to remove it at the moment.

Please help me how to solve this issue.






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