Local Security Authority Subsystem Service: Difference between revisions

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{{Short description|Computer operating system component}}

{{Refimprove|date=July 2009}}

'''Local Security Authority SubsystemServer Service''' ('''LSASS''')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/security/credentials-protection-and-management/configuring-additional-lsa-protection |title=Configuring Additional LSA Protection |publisher=Microsoft |access-date=2022-02-04}}</ref> is a [[Process (computing)|process]] in [[Microsoft Windows]] [[operating system]]s that is responsible for enforcing the [[security policy]] on the system. It verifies users logging on to a Windows computer or server, handles password changes, and creates [[access token]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ss64.com/nt/syntax-services.html |title=Windows 7 Services &#124; Windows CMD |publisher=SS64.com |access-date=2016-05-24}}</ref> It also writes to the [[Windows Security Log]].

Forcible termination of {{mono|lsass.exe}} will result in the system losing access to any account, including NT AUTHORITY, prompting a restart of the machine.