Local Security Authority Subsystem Service
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Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS), is a 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. It also writes to the Windows Security Log
.
Forcible termination of lsass.exe will result in the Welcome screen losing its accounts, prompting a restart of the machine.
Process (computing)
In computing, a process is an instance of a computer program that is being executed. It contains the program code and its current activity. Depending on the operating system , a process may be made up of multiple threads of execution that execute instructions concurrently.A computer program is a...
in Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
operating system
Operating system
An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...
s that is responsible for enforcing the security policy
Security policy
Security policy is a definition of what it means to be secure for a system, organization or other entity. For an organization, it addresses the constraints on behavior of its members as well as constraints imposed on adversaries by mechanisms such as doors, locks, keys and walls...
on the system. It verifies users logging on to a Windows computer or server, handles password changes, and creates access token
Access token
In Microsoft Windows operating systems, an access token contains the security information for a login session and identifies the user, the user's groups, and the user's privileges.-Overview:...
s. It also writes to the Windows Security Log
Windows Security Log
The Security Log, in Microsoft Windows, is a log that contains records of login/logout activity or other security-related events specified by the system's audit policy. Auditing allows administrators to configure Windows to record operating system activity in the Security Log. The Security Log is...
.
Forcible termination of lsass.exe will result in the Welcome screen losing its accounts, prompting a restart of the machine.
External links
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