When starting Secure Configuration Manager for the first time after installation, you must use the user account and password that you entered during installation to log on. After you set up the product and create other user and administrator accounts, you can use any of those accounts to log on to the console.
By default, Secure Configuration Manager uses Windows authentication for communication between the console and the database. When using Windows authentication, the database checks with the Windows domain controller to see if the user ID and password you used to log on to the console computer are allowed to use the database through Core Services.
You can also use SQL authentication. For more information, see Section 6.4, Configuring SQL Authentication.
To start the Secure Configuration Manager console:
Start Secure Configuration Manager in the NetIQ Secure Configuration Manager program folder.
In the Core Services field, select the computer that hosts the Core Services you want to use.
(Optional) To configure the Core Services that you are using, complete the following steps:
Click Configure.
Edit the appropriate fields.
Click OK.
Type the user name for your default Secure Configuration Manager administrator account in the User Name field. Type the password that you specified during installation in the Password field.
Click OK.