Running the process agent as a non-privileged user (Windows)

Use this procedure to set up a process agent to run as a non-privileged user on Windows.

To set up a process agent to run as a non-privileged user on Windows:

1. As an Administrator, install the process agent as a Windows service. For more information, see Example: Installing and running the process agent as a service.
2. From the Windows Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools and then Services.
3. In the Services Details window, select the new process agent service, and from the toolbar, click Action(s) > Properties.
4. Click the Log On tab, and change the Log on as: radio button selection from Local System account to This account:, and then select the local netcool user.
5. Click OK.
   Note: You may need to restart the service if the service was previously auto-started as a privileged user.

   The process agent will run as the local user netcool, and the ObjectServer external action permissions are now limited to the netcool user privileges on the host system.