Administration

When you add a client in kiosk mode, View creates a user account for the client in Active Directory. If you
specify a name for a client, this name must start with a recognized prefix string, such as "custom-", or with
an alternate prefix string that you have defined in ADAM, and it cannot be more than 20 characters long.
If you do not specify a name for a client, View generates a name from the MAC address that you specify
for the client device. For example, if the MAC address is 00:10:db:ee:76:80, the corresponding account
name is cm-00_10_db_ee_76_80. You can only use these accounts with View Connection Server
instances that you enable to authenticate clients.
Important Do not use a specified name with more than one client device. Future releases might not
support this configuration.
Procedure
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Run the vdmadmin command using the -domain and -clientid options to specify the domain and
the name or the MAC address of the client.
vdmadmin -Q -clientauth -add [-b authentication_arguments] -domain domain_name -clientid client_id
[-password "password" | -genpassword] [-ou DN] [-expirepassword | -noexpirepassword] [-group
group_name | -nogroup] [-description "description_text"]
Option Description
-clientid client_id Specifies the name or the MAC address of the client.
-description "description_text" Creates a description of the account for the client device in Active Directory.
-domain domain_name Specifies the domain for the client.
-expirepassword
Specifies that the expiry time for the password on the client's account is the same
as for the View Connection Server group. If no expiry time is defined for the
group, the password does not expire.
-genpassword
Generates a password for the client's account. This is the default behavior if you
do not specify either -password or -genpassword.
A generated password is 16 characters long, contains at least one uppercase
letter, one lowercase letter, one symbol, and one number, and can contain
repeated characters. If you require a stronger password, use the -password
option to specify the password.
-group group_name Specifies the name of the group to which the client's account is added. The name
of the group must be specified as the pre-Windows 2000 group name from Active
Directory. If you previously set a default group, client's account is added to this
group.
-noexpirepassword
Specifies that the password on the client's account does not expire.
-nogroup
Specifies that the client's account is not added to the default group.
-ou DN Specifies the distinguished name of the organizational unit to which the client's
account is added.
For example: OU=kiosk-ou,DC=myorg,DC=com
-password "password" Specifies an explicit password for the client's account.
The command creates a user account in Active Directory for the client in the specified domain and
group (if any).
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