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FSA Service User

When you install the FSA, the installation wizard will prompt you for the logon account used by the FSA service. This is the your FSA service user. The FSA service runs as this user.

This user account must be a member of the local administrators group on the FSA host machine and (if used) the Remote FSA Connector host machine.

Ensure the FSA Service User Is Authenticated in SQL Server

The FSA connects to SQL Server using Windows Authentication, passing the logon account for the FSA service user to SQL Server. But note these requirements:

• The FSA service user must be a valid SQL Server login with permissions to read and write to the scanned file database and, if used, the NIST database:
  • If the FSA service user is a domain administrator, it will automatically be a valid SQL Server login.
  • If the FSA service user is not a domain administrator, you will need to manually add it as a new login on the server(s) hosting the scanned file database and NIST database. You do this using SQL Server Management Studio.
• The FSA service user must be listed explicitly under the ‘Users’ for the scanned file database and if used, the NIST database. In both cases, these database-specific users must have the db_owner role.