stsadm command not accepting

Question

What is the error in this command? how should I go about executing this intended command "

stsadm.exe -o spsearch -farmcontentaccessaccount CONTOSO\ServiceAccount –farmcontentaccesspassword NewPassword

PS C:\Users\tking.RE-DEK> stsadm.exe -o spsearch -farmcontentaccessaccount RE-DEK\sp_farmadmin -farmcontentaccesspassword '123456789'

Command line error.


Usage:
           stsadm.exe -o <operation> [<parameters>]
           stsadm.exe -help [<operation>]

Operations:


           activatefeature

Answer 1

Parameter Hyphens: Sometimes, the hyphen character can be an issue, especially if you're copying and pasting the command from a formatted document or a web page. The hyphen might be a non-standard character, like an en dash or an em dash. Type out the command manually or ensure you're using standard hyphens.

Parameter Spacing: Ensure there's a space between each parameter and its value, and between different parameter-value pairs.

Quotes: Try removing the single quotes around the password and see if that resolves the issue.

Version Specific: Some parameters or operations could be version-specific. If you're using a version of SharePoint where the parameters you're using are not applicable, it will throw an error. Check the documentation specific to your SharePoint version.

Answer 2

Here are two methods to change default content access account.

1.SharePoint Central Admin -> Application Management -> Manage Service applications -> Search service application -> On the Search Administration page, click the account already configured for the default content access account -> Provide the new crawl account username and password.

2.Use PowerShell.

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
 
#Set Default content access account
$AccountID = "Crescent\SP19_Crawl"
$Password = Read-Host -AsSecureString 
 
#Get Search service application
$SearchInstance = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication
 
#Set default content access account for crawl
Set-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication -Identity $SearchInstance -DefaultContentAccessAccountName $AccountID -DefaultContentAccessAccountPassword $Password

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