Microsoft KB Archive/226846

= SMS: Domain Account for Software Metering Service Is Converted to Local Account =

Article ID: 226846

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 2

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This article was previously published under Q226846



SYMPTOMS
When a domain account is specified for the Software Metering service, and Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) is installed on a member server, the domain account that is entered is converted to a local machine account on the member server.

To demonstrate this behavior, follow these steps:  In the SMS Administrator Console, click Site Systems under Site Settings. Right-click a member server, and then click Properties. In the member server Site System Properties box, on the Software Metering Server tab, click to select the Use this site system as a software metering server check box. Enter a Service account using the following syntax:

DOMAIN\SWMAccount

 Navigate to SMS_License_Server under Services in Control Panel. Note that the account is changed from a domain account to a local account. For example, Domain\SWMAccount is changed to SWMAccount.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, create a domain account with attributes that exactly match the account on the member server. Provided that all attributes match exactly, pass-through authentication should enable this service to log on to the domain.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: prodsms

Keywords: kbbug kbsmsmeter KB226846

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