scheduled job (execute script) possible with inactive runas account

[PatrickL]

Hi all,

We recently noticed that scheduled job still run when the user account selected for the runas is inactive.

I have tried finding official information from ServiceNow about this but couldn't find any. Anybode that can shed some light on this or point me to the official documentation?

Thanks

Patrick

[Jaspal Singh]

Hi Patrick,

Strangely even I tried figuring out but could not & thus we ensure below.

Run as: To be kept blank or System Admin

Also, we ensure that when a profile is de-activated all necessary Roles/Groups are de-associated thus ensuring that even if the Job runs it will not have that level of privilege that is required for update or perform action that may be required via scheduled job.

[Yong Zeng Lee]

Hi @PatrickL ,

Apparently this is an expected behavior in the system as a lot of OOB Scheduled Jobs has the "System Administrator" set as the "Run As" user.

And a lot of the time in a during an implementation, the OOB System Administrator account needs to be de-activated due to companies' security policies. You may refer to this KB for more information