Re: Change SMS Service Account password

"TimS" <TimS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:0B7EAA5F-A61B-47CD-AED1-815FECB51487@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Because of a security issue, we are needing to change the password on our
SMS
> Service account. We have one primary site and several secondary sites
The
> secondary sites all have one server which is acting as management point,
> distribution point, and client access point.. Will it be possible to use
the
> SMS administrator console to change all the passwords for the secondary
> servers, or will it be necessary to do this from each secondary server
> console? Also, are there any known problems or issues associated with
such a
> change?

In the SMS 2.0 days, there was a knowledge base article or a security white
paper that recommended creating a second sms service account. Say you're
running under smssvc1, you'd need to run the site reset on each site that
uses the account, and swap it to smssvc2. Once you verify that all of the
services are properly running, you can change the password on smssvc1. Then
next time you sequence between smssvc2 back to smssvc1.

An even better solution -- implement SMS 2003 with advanced security and
advanced clients; and throw those accounts away!

Steve


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Relevant Pages

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