SMSCliToknLocalAcct&

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SMS 2.0 SP5 Site - 6000 clients

I am trying to troubleshoot why about 15% of our Windows 2000 workstations don't show up in any collection. The ones that do show up have an account called SMSCliToknLocalAcct&, whereas the ones that don't show up are missing this account.

I have looked in the SMS Administrators Guide and in Microsoft Technet, and I cannot find any reference to this account.

Does anyone have any idea what the account is used for and why some Windows 2000 workstations wouldn't have it?


Tom Thaden
thadents@usano.ksc.nasa.gov

 

[jbrunnqu]

Are you referring to SMSCliToknAcct&? This is an account on non-domain controllers that SMS grants temp admin rights as needed to install SW, ect. It removes this account from local admin group when no longer needed.

Cannot explain why clients are not showing up without more info. Are all subnets defined in site boundaries?

 

[Trunk]

No, it is actually called SMSCliToknLocalAcct&. After doing some web surfing, I found out that it is a new local account with SP5. It performs the same function as SMSCliToknAcct&. I found out that Microsoft decided to create this new account (with SP5) in order to avoid some of the account lockout problems associated with the SMSCliToknAcct&.

Thanks for replying.


Tom Thaden
thadents@usano.ksc.nasa.gov