Polycom 3725-77601-001H manual Create the Polycom CMA System Computer Account

Directory Operations

5Select the Password never expires option, unselect the User cannot change password option, click Next and then Finish.

Notes

•You can reset the password for this account manually, but to do so you must change it in Active Directory first and then update the CMA system LDAP Server page.

•The service account requires the rights to read all properties on all users and groups that will be used in the CMA system. Without these permissions, it may not function properly.

Create the Polycom CMA System Computer Account

To create the CMA System computer account

1On the Microsoft Active Directory system, open the Active Directory Users and Computers module (Start > Programs > Administrative Tools > Active Directory Users and Computers.

2Select the node for your domain, right-click the OU folder in which to add the computer account and then select New > Computer.

3In the Computer name field, type PolycomCMA or an appropriate name for your environment and then click Next and Finish (or simply click OK depending on your version of Active Directory).

4Ensure that the Active Directory Users and Computers console will show all available computer options necessary for the remaining steps by enabling View > Advanced Features.

5Right-click the computer account, select Properties, and then select the Security tab.

6In the Group or user names section of the Security tab, select the SELF object.

7In the Permissions for SELF section, select Change password, and then click OK.

8Login to the domain controller where the computer account was created and set the password using the following command:

net user <computername>$ <password>

For example: net user polycomcma$ p@ssw0rd

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