I'm with Ken. First thing I do is set up Service Accounts that aren't subject to people leaving, or passwords that expire, etc. Use them for system functions. I keep Demo (with a pw) as kind of a back door in for the Administrators.
Rick Cook On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 6:17 AM, Ken Pritchard <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > Not everyone gets overly concerned about ‘security’ when it comes to the > Demo password in a Remedy environment. I personally don’t think it should > be a personal login – so even if you don’t want it to be Demo (which I’ve > always found a bit hokey anyway) I would make it a system acct / login. > > > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *LJ LongWing > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 4, 2014 9:15 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Demo Login Name has been Changed > > > > ** > > Sandra, > > Personally, I think it's a security risk to leave a 'Demo' account in > place, even if you set the password. So, no....I don't personally think > you should put it back. > > > > On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 7:08 AM, Hennigan, Sandra, CTR, DSS < > [email protected]> wrote: > > ** > > All, > > > > I have inherited an 8.1.01 new install, just about ready for UAT. > > > > The previous administrator renamed the "Demo user for startup" with her > personal login name. This was recently discovered during troubleshooting > when some of the integrations stopped working. Specifically, “Demo” was the > user entry in a couple of the Configuration files. To resolve the issues > with integrations, a new user was created and the services pointed to the > new user. I am concerned that there may still be configuration files > identifying Demo as the qualified user. > > > > Question: Do we leave well enough alone and keep the "Demo user for > startup" with her personal login name or use DMT and change the "Demo user > for startup" name. Any other ideas? Any concerns or follow up steps? > > > > As always, assistance from the list is priceless! Thanks. > > > > Sandra > > > > > > > > > > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > > > > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
