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Troubleshooting the Server Execution User Account
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Troubleshooting the Server Execution User Account
The Server Execution User is a Windows operating system user account that is used only to run
the Interplay Engine processes. You specify the user name and password for the Server
Execution User when you install the Interplay Engine on the server. The following topics provide
more information about the Server Execution User account and information about how to
recreate the account.
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The Server Execution User account is different from the Interplay Administrator account. The
Server Execution User account is used to run the Interplay Engine processes.The Interplay
Administrator account is used to manage users and the database.
The following topics provide more information about the Server Execution User account:
Creating the Server Execution User Account
Determining the Server Execution User Name
Re-creating the Server Execution User
Creating the Server Execution User Account
When you install the Interplay Engine software you must specify the user name and password of
the Server Execution User account. The Server Execution User is a Windows operating system
user account that is used only to run the Interplay Engine processes.
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You should always use the Custom install option when installing the Interplay Engine software
so that you can specify the Server Execution User.
You have the following options for creating the Server Execution User:
If your Interplay system is joined to a Windows domain, you can create a domain user (for
example, “IPEngine”). The Interplay Engine installer will associate the appropriate
permissions with the account. If you want to run the Interplay Engine within your domain
and also want to automatically make use of domain user management, such as Windows
Domain or LDAP, you must specify a domain user as the Server Execution User.
For Interplay Engine failover cluster systems, you must specify a Windows domain user.