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serviceacct usage

Before running serviceacct, navigate to the \<instance>\ directory and run instance.bat to configure necessary environment variables.

serviceacct.exe [-account] [-password] [-restart] [-noverify]

Argument

Description

-account

Prompt for a new account ID

-noverify

Skip verifying the supplied credentials

This is only used when the utility verification process failed and you know the new account/password are valid

-password

Prompt for a new password (will not be echoed)

-restart

Restart all running services

Examples
  1. After changing the password of the current service user account, run the following command to update all known locations where the account is used:

    serviceacct -password
    <NEWPASSWORD>
  2. After changing the user ID of current service user account, run the following command to update all known locations where the account is used:

    serviceacct -account
    <NEWUSERID>
  3. After swapping to a new service user account, run the following command to update all known locations where the account is used:

    serviceacct -account -password
    <NEWACCOUNTNAME>
    <PASSWORD>

    Restarting all services related to the Bravura Security Fabric instance is recommended to ensure everything works properly after you run the utility.

    The serviceacct program stops and starts all currently running services when used with the -restart option.