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Access Rights for the Service Logon Account

Overview

When GFI FaxMaker is installed on a computer that is joined to an Active Directory Domain, a service logon account is created for starting GFI FaxMaker Server and GFI FaxMaker Message Transfer Agent.

This article provides information about the access rights which a service logon account should have.

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Information

Following is the list of access rights which a service logon account must have:

  • The 'service logon account' for the services GFI FaxMaker Server and GFI FaxMaker Message Transfer Agent must be started with a user account.
  • The 'service logon account' must have the logon as a service right.
  • The 'service logon account' must have permission to query the Active Directory Global Catalog.
  • The 'service logon account' must have administrative privileges (Full access) to the NTFS folder structures where GFI FaxMaker is installed.
  • The 'service logon account' must have administrative privileges (Full access) to the Registry keys used by GFI FaxMaker.
  • If GFI FaxMaker is archiving to a database, the 'service logon account' must have access to the database (or you can configure FaxMaker to use the 'sa' (System Admin) account if using SQL).
  • The 'service logon account' must have a local user profile (since GFI FaxMaker uses a few aspects of that profile, such as setting the default printer and having access to applications involved in "converting" the outbound faxes).
Info! It is possible to create a domain account with something less than "domain admin" rights. However, this requires some advanced understanding by the system admin. GFI cannot troubleshoot permissions-related problems if they arise because a non-domain-admin account is used for starting the services. Hence, it is recommended to use a domain admin account if GFI FaxMaker is installed on a machine that is joined to an AD Domain.

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  1. Priyanka Bhotika

  2. Posted 11 days ago

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