After applying RU6 on the Edge servers the Credential service failed to start. Set the logging level to expert doesnt fetch any results. App log didnt show anything. After changing the service to start with admin permissions it started fine. App log showed interesting information that the
Event Type: Information
Event Source: MSExchange Message Security
Event Category: EdgeCredentialService
Event ID: 1008
Date: 2/16/2009
Time: 11:04:48 AM
User: N/A
Computer: XXXXXXXXX
Description:
The Edge Credential service successfully updated the password for the ADAM account cn=XXXXXXX,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,CN = XXXXXX. The new password has a hash of XXXXXXXXXXX. The new password will start being used on 2/8/2009 7:29:18 AM.
Any idea what is happening and why is credential service trying to change the ADAM password?