Policies - Settings tab - Credential

NAVIGATION  Policy Management > Policies > Settings tab > Credential checkbox

The Credential category assigns an agent credential to a policy. Many policies require an agent credential to execute successfully.

Warning: Policy Management ignores agent credentials specified using the Agent > Manage Agents page.

• Use Managed Credential - If checked, requires a credential be specified for any organization or machine assigned this policy using the Audit > Manage Credentials page.
• Username - Enter the username for the credential. Typically this a user account.
• Password/Confirm Password - Enter the password associated with the username above and confirm it.
• Domain
  • Local user account - Select this option to use a credential that logs into this machine locally, without reference to a domain.
  • Use machine's current domain - Create a credential using the domain name this machine is a member of, as determined by the latest audit. This makes it easier to Select All and rapidly set a common username/password on multiple machines, even if selected machines are members of different domains.
  • Specify domain - Manually specify the domain name to use for this credential.