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Securing the rescue account

The reason that the rescue account name is saved as the default value of the AMServerManagerAccount key and not as a string value is that it is possible to set security for a registry key in Windows. Doing so is highly recommended because unauthorized access to this registry key could compromise the security of your system.

To secure the rescue account:

  1. Open Registry Editor on the Meridian server and locate the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cyco\AutoManager Meridian\CurrentVersion\OML\AMServerManagerAccount
  1. On the Edit menu, select Permissions. The Permissions for AMServerManagerAccount dialog box appears.
  2. Confirm that the account name typed in AMServerManagerAccount has Full Control permissions to this key, either explicitly or via group membership, along with the SYSTEM account and click OK.

Related concepts

About Meridian user administration

Understanding Meridian role based security

Related tasks

Creating user accounts

Creating user groups

Creating a rescue account for security administration

Integrating Meridian with Meridian Enterprise Server