Service Account - Symantec ALTIRIS DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 6.9 SP4 - V1.0 Manual

Service Account

Deployment Solution
Account
Domain Join
Deployment Share
Read/Write
These accounts should not be part of any group, and should not posses interactive login
privileges.
The following sections outline each Deployment Server account:
Service Account (page 203)
Domain Join Accounts
Deployment Share Read/Write Account
This account executes the Deployment Server software and manages the Deployment
Database. This is the account provided when you install Deployment Solution:
If your Deployment Database, Server, and Share are on the same computer, create a
local account or optionally use the local system account.
If your Deployment Database or Share is on a different computer than your Deployment
Server, create a domain-level account, or create local accounts with the same
credentials on each computer hosting a Deployment Solution component.
This account requires the following rights:
Rights
Services
Description
Used to join computers to a domain during configuration.
Provides access to the Deployment Share in the
automation environment.
(page 204)
(page 204)
Description
This account executes the following services:
Altiris Deployment Server Console Manager
Altiris Deployment Server Data Manager
Altiris Deployment Server DB Management
Altiris eXpress Server
Altiris PXE Manager
If this account is provided during installation, these
services are already configured with the proper
credentials. If not, this can be changed using the Services
applet.
Securing Deployment Solution
203