FortiPAM allows you to protect, isolate and secure privileged account credentials, manage and control privileged user access, and monitor and record privileged account activity.
This article clarifies the possible authentication methods used for connecting to VNC servers via FortiPAM.
Scope
FortiPAM v1.x.
Solution
FortiPAM supports connections to VNC servers on various platforms, such as MacOS, Windows and Linux, with different authentication capabilities.
MacOS:
VNC password authentication (password defined in the VNC server itself)/
MacOS user credentials (username and password used to log in to MacOS, without needing to enter the VNC password specifically).
Windows:
VNC password authentication (password defined in the VNC server itself; after connecting, the target host might still require Windows user credentials for login).
Linux:
VNC password authentication (password defined in the VNC server itself; after connecting, the target host might still require Linux user credentials for login).
