Security Accounts Manager (Dictionary Entry)

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Last updated: 22-25-2020
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Contexts

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.

(https://open-measure.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BIB/pages/140739052, p. 608)

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