Re: Can't set SMS Service account, optionis greyed out.

From: Bubi Khan (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/14/05 

Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 16:20:46 -0500

Check out these links:

SMS 2003 FAQ
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sms/sms2003/techfaq/tfaq01.mspx

Active Directory Schema Modification and Publishing for Systems Management
Server 2003 White paper
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=D1DE764C-8E26-455F-BEE5-34FB1CA9F2C4&displaylang=en

"Roderick" <Roderick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0D0B2C24-CEAE-4683-87F5-5A819F329C21@microsoft.com...
> That makes sense, This is the error I'm getting:
> ===========
> SMS Systems Management Server could not locate the "System Management"
> container in Active Directory. Nor could it create a default container.
> This will prevent Site Component Manager from updating or adding any
> objects
> to Active Directory.
>
> Possible cause: This site's SMS Service account or the site server's
> machine account might not have the correct rights to update active
> directory.
> Solution: Either give the Service Account rights to update the domain's
> System Container, or manually create the "System Management" container in
> this domain's Active Directory system container, and give the Service
> Account
> full rights to that container (and all children objects.)
> =============
> The problem is I'm not making the connection on what rights to give the
> account or how to find it to give it the proper rights it needs. I don't
> see
> the account listed with my user account in AD.
>
> Can you offer any more direction?
>
> Thanks again,
> Roderick
>
> "Bubi Khan" wrote:
>
>> You most probably selected 'Advanced Security' during setup- in this mode
>> the computer account is used for all SMS services and an old-fashioned
>> service account is not required.
>>
>> "Roderick" <Roderick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:013CDB09-268A-443F-9DBF-6702086267A2@microsoft.com...
>> >I just installed SMS 2003 w/SQL 2000 and WinServer 2003. A service
>> >account
>> > wasn't created. When I go into Site Properties | Account, the option
>> > is
>> > greyed out, so that I can't Set one.
>> >
>> > Any ideas on what could be the problem, or how to rectify it?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Roderick
>>
>>
>>

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