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32.2.3 Username/Password (eDirectory and Active Directory)
When using Username/Password authentication with a Novell eDirectory or Microsoft Active
Directory user source, if the credentials the user specifies to log in to the workstation or to the
domain match the ZENworks login credentials, the ZENworks login dialog box does not display and
the user is authenticated to the ZENworks Management Zone.
The username and password are also stored in Secret Store. If a user later logs in to ZENworks
where no username or password is available (for example, the user logged in using a smart card), the
stored credentials are used and the ZENworks login dialog box is bypassed.
Enabling Username/Password Authentication While Adding a User Source
You can enable Username/Password authentication while adding a user source. For more
information see
Section 31.2.1, “Adding User Sources,” on page 258 .
Enabling Username/Password Authentication on an Existing User Source
You can enable Username/Password authentication on an existing user source.
1 In ZENworks Control Center, click the Configuration tab, click the user source, then click Edit
next to Authentication Mechanisms in the General section.
2 In the User Sources panel, click the user source, then click Edit next to Authentication
Mechanisms in the General section.
3
Select the Username/Password check box, then click OK .
Understanding How Username/Password Authentication and the ZENworks Login
Dialog Box Interact
The following table illustrates the ZENworks user experience using Username/Password
authentication with Active Directory:
Table 32-2
ZENworks Username/Password Authentication with Active Directory
Windows
login
matches
user
source
login?
ZENworks also
uses Kerberos
authentication? Member of
same
domain? Member of
different
domain?
Windows and
ZENworks
credentials
match?
Can log in to
Management
Zone? ZENworks
login dialog
box appears?
Yes No
Yes No
Yes Yes
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
Yes Yes
Yes Yes