Error: 'Unable to validate license information.' (NETIQKB9878)

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Security Manager 4.X

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Security Manager 5.00

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Security Manager 5.1

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Error: 'Unable to validate license information.'

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The server process could not be started because the configured identity is incorrect.  Check the username and password. Result code: 8000401a

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Error: 'Unable to validate license information.' In some cases, this error could point to a misconfiguration during installation.  Check to make sure that the service account being used by the DAS (Data Access Server) has been given the required user rights:

• Act as part of the operating system
• Create a token object
• Log on as a batch job
• Log on as a service

Also, ensure that the effective setting for the user rights assignments is set to "true."

Formerly known as NETIQKB9878