Run As
Settings in Software Management Solution

(Windows only)
The options in this section let you define the account under which a policy or a task runs on the client computer.
These settings appear in the following places:
On the
Managed Delivery Settings
page, on the
Run
tab.
Lets you define default settings for all new Managed Software Delivery policies.
In a Managed Software Delivery policy, these settings appear in the
Advanced Options
dialog box, on the
Run
tab.
Lets you change the settings for a specific software resource that the policy contains. The changes that you make for a software resource in a specific policy override the global settings.
In a Software Management Solution task, these settings appear in the
Advanced Options
dialog box, on the
Run Options
tab.
Lets you change the default settings for a specific Software Management Solution task.
You cannot change the default settings in a Software Virtualization task.
Options in the
Run As
section
Option
Description
Symantec Management Agent credential
Lets you run the task with the default authentication settings that are defined in the global Symantec Management Agent settings.
Current logged-on user
Lets you run the task with the current user’s credentials. This option overrides the default Authentication settings that are defined in the global Symantec Management Agent settings.
Note that if the current logged-on user does not have administration rights, they cannot run MSI installations for security reasons. For this reason, MSI installations fail under non-administrative users.
Note that in the case of MSIX packages, this is the only supported option, as MSIX package installation is performed via PowerShell per currently logged in user.
Specific user
This option is not available in the default Managed Delivery Settings. You can set a specific user’s credentials in individual Managed Software Delivery policies only.
Lets you run the task with a specific user’s credentials. For example, you might use specific credentials to perform an administrative task when the system account is locked down. This option overrides the default authentication settings that are defined in the global Symantec Management Agent settings.
When you select this option, enter the following credentials:
  • Domain
  • User Name
  • Password
The credentials that you supply must be for a known account on Notification Server and every package server.