Prerequisites
You can launch this tool only on Windows computers.
You must have Microsoft .NET 4.5 or later installed in the system where you are launching this tool.
Ensure that the Windows Remote Registry service is running in the target system.
For domain administrative account discovery, run this tool in a computer that is part of the domain.
For Windows administrative account discovery, ensure that the WTS communication is open and firewalls are not blocking the remote discovery.
For service account discovery, ensure that the following configurations are done in the target system:
IIS service account discovery:
Privileged Account Sniffer supports IIS version 7 or later.
Ensure that the IIS Management Scripts and Tools role service is installed.
COMplus service account discovery:
Enable the COM+ Remote Administration (DCOM-In) firewall policy to allow remote discovery of COM+ service accounts.
Set the remoteaccess enable registry entry value to 1.You can find the registry entry at regedit\hkey local machine\software\microsoft\com3.
To launch Privileged Account Sniffer, perform the following:
Download the privileged_account_sniffer from the NetIQ Downloads website.
Privileged Account Sniffer is included as a separate downloadable file in Privileged Account Manager.
Extract the contents of the downloaded privileged_account_sniffer.zip file and run the PrivilegedAccountSniffer.exe.
Continue with Configuring Privileged Account Sniffer.