Environment
Novell
ZENworks 10 Configuration Management
Situation
When ZCM10
is installed on a Windows server, a local Windows account is
created in the form of "__z_x_xx__" where "x" may be a
different number on each machine.
This local
account is given a random password and placed in the local
administrators group.
This account
is used as the startup account for many of the ZENworks
services.
Some
administrators needed to know if this account needed to be in the
local administrators group and if the accounts password needed to
be changed.
Resolution
The answer
to both questions is yes.
This account
must be a member of the local administrators group.
The password
for this account can be changed, but if it is changed, the
administrator must go to each service using the account and reenter
the password so the service will start correctly. Note some of the services use system, don't change those.
If the
password is not changed on each service, the service will fail to
start and give an "authentication" error.
Additional Information
keywords
zuser
_zuser
__zuser