Managing the Aspera service account
On Windows, the Aspera service account is special user account that is used to run services for Aspera products. These services include IBM Aspera Central, IBM Aspera HTTPD and IBM Aspera Sync. These instructions describe how to change the password for the Aspera service account and the user account from the default svcAspera.
Update the Aspera service account password
During installation, you were prompted to create a new Aspera
service account or add an existing user account for this purpose. If you have problems when you
enter the credentials for the existing Aspera service account, change the user password.
Note: You
must have administrative credentials to change the password of the Aspera service
account.
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Open the Windows User Accounts management tool. Go to
Search from the taskbar and run this command
netplwiz
. - Click the username of the Aspera service account.
- Click Reset Password and follow the onscreen instructions.
Change the Aspera service account
Note: On Windows, you must run the script with administrator credentials or disable UAC.