Re: [foxboro] Changing Windows I/A 'fox' user password?...
- From: "Johnson, Alex P (IOM)" <Alex.Johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 22:01:33 -0500
In Windows versions of the I/A Series from V5.x through V8.4.x, the issue is
that certain services run as the user "Fox" and must have the "Fox" password
stored in the login attributes of the service.
If you change the password for "Fox," the services will not be able to start on
reboot.
In theory, you could change the password on every box and change the login
information for all the services. However, doing this without making a mistake
is difficult.
In V8.5+ Secured, we support adding Domain Controllers (and Active Directory)
on the system. As part of that work, the services were re-worked to run as
"local system" which eliminates the password dependency. If you move to the
Secured version of 8.5 or later, you can change the password to your heart's
content.
Though I've never tried it, I suspect you could change the password freely on
each V8.5 Standard workstation with good results. Still, maintenance would be a
serious pain.
I hope this helps.
Regards,
Alex Johnson
Invensys Operations Management
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From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Barry Heap
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 9:39 PM
To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [foxboro] Changing Windows I/A 'fox' user password?...
Hi Kevin,
It's V7.1.4 ... is it different for V8.x?
Regards,
Barry
On 5/10/2011 12:54 PM, Kevin Fitzgerrell wrote:
> What version is the site's system?
> Cheers,
>
> Kevin
>
> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 11:02 PM, Barry Heap<Barry.Heap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> I have always been under the impression that changing the fox user
>> password in a Windows-based I/A system is 'a very bad thing' and has far
>> reaching ramifications in an I/A system.
>>
>> Am I wrong in thinking that the fox user password should not be changed?
>>
>> Unfortunately, we have a site that has a compelling reason to change the
>> password from the standard ...
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Barry Heap
>>
>>
>>
>>
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