Network Management

The importance of local admin account

This is an article on why to use local admin account in editing and installation/upgrade of the Orion platform

First published date

6/4/2020 2:15 PM

Last published date

9/15/2023 5:39 AM

Product section

Orion Platform

Resolution

-If you cannot edit any properties or settings on your web console, it is always good to use the local admin account. It eliminates the possibility of GPS and Active Directory influence than can restrict even domain admin accounts.

-If encountered an error in installation / upgrade of the Orion platform consider to use the local admin to make sure that there is no other security policy enforced that may cause the error in the process of installation / upgrade.

-Common errors seen with permissions restrictions are not being able to access certain file path/s, errors showing files may be "in use or not accessible"

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