Technical Tip: Authentication methods available in FortiPAM to connect to destination VNC servers

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Description	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) Note: FortiPAM supports VNC via built in launchers as VNC Viewer, Tight VNC and web-based opens (Web VNC) Capture on FortiPAM will confirm on the security types supported and the response from the client Troubleshooting debug commands that can be handy: diagnose debug console timestamp enable diagnose wad debug enable category auth diagnose wad debug enable category secret diagnose wad debug enable level verbose diagnose wad debug enable category vnc To take a packet capture, follow GUI Packet capture. Security type on the capture will be presented and selected by the client.