This section provides the configuration information on integrating Advanced Authentication with Sophos SafeGuard 8 easy solution. Hence, when the users are authenticated to Windows Client, they are not prompted for credentials to connect to the Sophos SafeGuard.
With this integration the Advanced Authentication is set as primary credential provider in the Windows Client. The Advanced Authentication server validates the user provided credentials and transmits the credentials to the Sophos credential provider to allow single sign-on to the Sophos SafeGuard.
To integrate Advanced Authentication with the Sophos SafeGuard 8, perform the following steps:
Navigate to the path C:\ProgramData\NetIQ\Windows Client and open the file config.properties.
Specify the following parameters with corresponding values in the configuration file:
credprov_chaining_clsid: {5CDFA681-61C8-423d-999E-32EA10C5F7ED}
credprov_chaining_enabled: True
credprov_chaining_password_field: 9
credprov_chaining_username_field: 8
Save the configuration.
Log off and log in again.