Re: can I connect to an external server using a local account?

On Feb 21, 4:25 pm, DaveMo <david.mow...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Feb 20, 9:45 am, andrea.richard...@xxxxxx wrote:

I am trying to install a windows service under a local account. The
service needs to be able to connect to a database on another server.
I
really don't want to change the account to be a domain account. What
is the best way to do this?

Under normal circumstances, the only way that a local account can
authenticate to a different server is if there are identical accounts
on each server.

If you need to authenticate off-box, you should be using a domain
account. Why would you not want to do this?

HTH,
Dave


Thanks for that. The reason I didn't want to use domain accounts is
from what I have been told they are more difficult to maintain and
pose a higher security risk. (in a large networked organisation). Not
sure how true that is?
.

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