A Safeguard for Privileged Passwords account is a unique identifier that Safeguard for Privileged Passwords uses to control access to assets. Managed accounts (including directory accounts and service accounts) and groups of accounts can be associated with an asset. Each account has an associated asset; if you delete an asset, Safeguard for Privileged Passwords permanently deletes all the accounts associated with it.

The Auditor and the Asset Administrator have permission to access Accounts.

On Unix assets, the accounts are stored in etc/passwd; however, each platform implements this concept differently.

Service accounts are designated with a Service Account icon. For more information, see About service accounts.

To access Accounts:

  • desktop client: Navigate to Administrative Tools | Accounts and select an account to display additional information and options.
  • web client: Navigate to Asset Management | Accounts. If needed, you can use the partition drop-down to select the parent partition of the account. Select an account, then click to display additional information and options.

Selecting one of the accounts displays the following information:

For information about configuring Account Discovery in Safeguard for Privileged Passwords, see Account Discovery job workflow.

Use these toolbar buttons to manage accounts.