Enabling import of Computer Accounts from Active Directory

This article applies to:

• WebMarshal 7.1 and above
• Active Directory connector

Question:

• How can I import Computer Accounts from Active Directory?

Procedure:

By default, WebMarshal does not allow import of Computer Accounts. Most customers authenticate only Users from Active Directory.

Some customers may wish to control applications that run under the Computer Account or Local System on a client computer.

To allow import of Computer Accounts, add an attribute entry enableImportMachineNames="true" in the WebMarshal Array Manager Configuration file (WMArrayMgr.config.xml) as follows:

<WebMarshal>
   <ArrayManager>
      <Config>
         <Application enableImportMachineNames="true" {other settings} />
      </Config>
   </ArrayManager>
</WebMarshal>

To apply the change, restart the Array Manager service.

Notes:

• If the Application element is already present, do not add another copy of this element. For more information about editing XML documents, see Knowledge Base article Q12705.
• Import of Computer Accounts is not possible in versions 6.10 through 7.0.
• Import of Computer Accounts was allowed by default in version 6.9 and below.