Configuring Windows Authentication

If your installation uses Windows authentication for SQL Server, ensure the event monitor service (seemonitor.exe) and the IIS application pool used by Enterprise Server for .NET are configured to run as a Windows user that has database administration privileges for each of the region databases that are to be accessed.

By default the seemonitor service runs under the local system account and only has access to local database server instances. Use the following procedure to change the user that the service runs under.

1. Open the Windows Services dialog box.
2. In the services list, select the Micro Focus SEE Monitor service.
3. Right-click and select Properties.
4. Select the Log On tab.
5. Select the This Account radio button, and enter the user id and password details that the service is to run under.
6. Click OK.
7. Start or re- start the service.

   By default the w3wp.exe process started by IIS that hosts the dispatcher and SEP services can only access local database server instances. Use the following procedure to change the user that w3wp.exe runs as.

8. Start IIS Manager.
9. Select Application Pools in the left-hand tree.
10. Right-click on Micro Focus SEE for .NET v4.0 in the centre-pane and select Advanced Settings ... .
11. Select the Identity property in the Process Model category.
12. Click on the ... button at the right-hand side of the property value.
13. Select the Custom Account radio button and click on Set.
14. Enter the user id and password details that you require.
15. Click OK to close the Set Credentials dialog box.
16. Click OK to close the Application Pool Identity dialog box.
17. Click OK to close the Advanced Settings dialog box.
18. Recycle the application pool if it is already started. w3wp.exe uses the configured user the next time it starts.