Authorization Engine Service

Valid on Windows
capamsc141
Valid on Windows
The
Privileged Access Manager
authorization engine manages access request decisions and database updates.
The 
Privileged Access Manager
engine opens, reads, and updates the database. No other process can access this database while the 
Privileged Access Manager
engine is running. The 
Privileged Access Manager
engine also blocks any write, delete, or rename access to critical files. These files include the 
Privileged Access Manager
audit and trace files and, optionally, the 
Privileged Access Manager
binary files.
During startup, the engine service also invokes the following services:
  • The 
    Privileged Access Manager
    agent service.
  • The 
    Privileged Access Manager
    watchdog service.
The 
Privileged Access Manager
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>]
    Starts 
    Privileged Access Manager
    services and waits for a specified interval to verify that the services started.
    If you do not specify <counter>, 
    Privileged Access Manager
    does not wait to check whether the services started.
  • -debug
    Runs the utility as a console application for debug purposes.
    If you run seosd without any arguments, seosd executes as a service.