Using Alternate Credentials with VNCScan
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Using Alternate Credentials with VNCScan |
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If you are on a distributed network with multiple domains, you know the headache of performing administrative tasks and dealing with permission issues. VNC Scan has built in user authentication to accommodate the multiple ID badges that you must wear across your network.
We realize that many of you are not running a Windows domain environment so we included a %HOST% variable that you can type in instead of a domain name. This will tell VNCScan to authenticate you against the local security database on the computer that you are trying to access instead of your own or a domains.
VNC Scan does this in a layered approach. You can set the Windows administrator account in three different places.
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Computer Properties - If you set the username and password at the properties of the computer, it will override any other location. This is helpful if you have a computer in a group that has a custom Administrator password that is different than the rest in the group.
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Group Properties - If you set the password here, it will apply to any computers in the group that do not have a custom username/password assigned to its properties.
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Program Preferences - Finally, if you set the username and password here, it will apply to any computers in any group that do not have one specified at the group or computer level. In addition, it will apply to any computer in the Local Network tab.
Troubleshooting
Still getting access denied errors?
Try using the IP address instead of the computer name when connecting to computers. This is set in the VNCScan settings in the Program Options tab. You can see the tab in the screen shot for item 3 above.
This happens sometimes because your computer may have already created a null session to the remote computer using your existing Windows login credentials. In a Windows environment, you can only log onto a computer name remotely with one token. Using an IP address instead will create a new token that will allow you access to the computer under a different name.
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