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

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>
```
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>
```
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.

Known locations

The following are known locations where the service user (psadmin) account will be updated by serviceacct :

All services related to the Bravura Security Fabric instance
The application and <instance>\docs virtual directories in IIS
The registry key value:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Bravura Security\Bravura Security Fabric\<instance>\User
"USERID" and "PASSWORD" values in idmsetup.inf
Windows scheduled jobs created during the installation of Bravura Security Fabric , including HID Health Check and HID External Data Store Replicator

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