Setting the System Service owner account

The Siebel Configuration Wizard has created the Siebel Gateway Name Server and Siebel Server system services. These services have the Windows Local System account assigned. In the process of preparing the system for installation of Siebel CRM software, we have created a distinct user account that we now have to assign to the Windows service.

In order to do so, we open the Windows Services console and double-click on the Siebel Gateway Name Server service to open its properties dialog box. In the Log On tab of the properties dialog, we assign the system owner account that we created earlier. The following screenshot shows the local siebsvc account being assigned to the Siebel Gateway Name Server service. Note that the local domain is addressed using a dot.

We repeat this procedure for the Siebel Server service. Assigning separate user accounts to the services ensures that we have more control over the user rights assignment for the services and the processes they start. For example, the service account that we assigned to the Siebel Server must have full access to the Siebel File System.