Skip to end of banner
Go to start of banner

Security Accounts Manager (Dictionary Entry)

Skip to end of metadata
Go to start of metadata

You are viewing an old version of this page. View the current version.

Compare with Current View Page History

Version 1 Current »

Context

IT, Windows

Term

Security Accounts Manager

Definitions

Security Accounts Manager (SAM) This service is responsible for managing the database that contains the user names and groups defined on the local machine. The SAM service, which is implemented in Samsrv.dll, is loaded into the Lsass process.

(Russinovich et al., 2017, p. 608)

Related Terms

  • No labels

Follow us on LinkedIn | Discuss on Slack | Support us with Patreon | Sign-up for a free membership.

This wiki is owned by Open Measure, a non-profit association. The original content we publish is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.