Managing Credentials - EEye Digital Security Retina User Manual

Using the Audit Tab

Managing Credentials

Using Credentials
To use a set of credentials in a scan:
1. From the Audit tab select the Targets sub-tab.
2. Click the down button in the Credential drop-down box.
3. Then select the desired user from the drop-down list. The user must have access to the registry or domain that
will be scanned.
4. Your scan will now run with the access provided by the user you selected.
Adding/Editing Credentials
To set up credentials for use:
1. Select Tools from the menu.
2. Select Credential Management from the drop-down menu.
3. You will see an information dialog informing you local that storage of credentials. You will have to decide if you
wish to store credentials. If so, select Yes. If not you will not be able to use credentials when scanning.
4. You will then see the Credential Management dialog. Enter the user ID that you wish to use for scanning in the
Username edit box, to enter a domain user ID enter the name of the domain, a backslash and the user ID i.e.:
Corporate\Administrator, otherwise Retina will use the entered credentials as a local user on the target systems;
the corresponding password into both the Password and the Confirm Password edit boxes. And finally enter a
name for the pair in the Description field.
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