Authorization Engine Service
Valid on Windows
capamsc141
Valid on Windows
The
PAM Server Control
authorization engine manages access request decisions and database updates.The
PAM Server Control
engine opens, reads, and updates the database. No other process can access this database while the PAM Server Control
engine is running. The PAM Server Control
engine also blocks any write, delete, or rename access to critical files. These files include the PAM Server Control
audit and trace files and, optionally, the PAM Server Control
binary files.During startup, the engine service also invokes the following services:
- ThePAM Server Controlagent service.
- ThePAM Server Controlwatchdog service.
The
PAM Server Control
engine service is initialized only after these services are also running. After initialization, these three services maintain a type of handshaking protocol to ensure that they are all alive and responding. If one of these services is found to be absent, one of the other two services automatically restarts it.This command has the following format:
Seosd -start [<counter>] Seosd -debug
- -start [<counter>]StartsPAM Server Controlservices and waits for a specified interval to verify that the services started.If you do not specify <counter>,PAM Server Controldoes not wait to check whether the services started.
- -debugRuns the utility as a console application for debug purposes.If you run seosd without any arguments, seosd executes as a service.