starting midserver with gmsa account gives error 1069

[dick linschoten]

Hi all, 
I'm trying to install a midserver on windows using a gMSA  service account as we want to use this for the windows discovery.
installation of the midserver using this account is successfull however, starting the midserver service fails with error 1069: the service did not start due to a logon failure.

I've checked that the user has logon as a service rights and that is the case.

Starting the service as local system works. 

any Idea on what might be the cause? 

[Manuel Stimac]

Hi @dick linschoten,

maybe this article can help you. Especially this part:

The mid server needs to be installed by specifying the GMSA as the Mid server Service account. If the mid server has already been installed, you can change the "log on" property by specifying the new GMSA in the "services.msc" window. Or you can launch the following command (as an administrator) to change the user in the service:

sc config snc_mid_liferaymid obj=CORP\gmsa-03$

Also - Have you left the password field blank?

If my answer helped you, please mark it as Helpful/Solution.
Thanks & many regards - Manuel 

[dick linschoten]

thanks for the help here,
it looks like that after a reboot of the server the service now started correctly so apperently there was a policy some where that needed to run or something.