User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- Application Discovery Manager User’s Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Architecture Overview
- Getting Started
- Managing ADM
- Groups
- Discovery
- Application Patterns
- Report
- Connectors
- Solver
- Index
ADM User’s Guide
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Credentials
AswithSSH,DetailDiscoverywithTelnetisbasedonaccessingthemanagedhostwithausernameand
passwordthatitrecognizes.Theconsiderationsregardingthechoiceofuseraccountandprivilegesarethe
sameasthoseforSSH,describedin“DetailDiscoverywithSSH”onpage 38.
Configuring the Windows Telnet server
Certainoperating
systemsettingsmustapplyforaWindowshosttobeaccessiblewithTelnet.Dependingon
thespecificeditionofWindowsandontheexistingconfiguration,anyofthefollowingconfiguration
modificationsmightbenecessary.
To start up the Windows Telnet Services automatically using Windows
1FromtheWindowsStartmenu,navigatetoSetting>ControlPanel>AdministrativeTools>Services.
2 Locate
andright‐clickTelnetservice.
3EnsurethestartuptypeisAutomaticandstarttheserviceifitisnotalreadystarted.Thischangeis
requiredinmostWindowseditions.
To start up the Windows Telnet Services automatically using a command line interface
Onalocalmachine,type:
sc config TlntSvr start= auto && sc start TlntSvr
OnaremotemachinewhereCOMPUTERistheremotecomputernameorIPaddress,type:
sc \\COMPUTER config TlntSvr start= auto && sc \\COMPUTER start TlntSvr
TologintoamachineusingTelnet,youneedtobelistedasamemberofeitherthelocalTelnetClientsgroup
onthatmachine,orasamemberofthedomain’sTelnetClientsgroup.
To modify users and groups using Windows
1FromtheWindowsStartmenu,navigatetoSetting>ControlPanel>AdministrativeTools>Computer
Management>LocalUsersandGroups>Groups.
2IftheTelnetClientsgroupexists,double‐clickTelnetClients.TelnetClientsPropertieswindowappears.
3ClickAddtoaddrelevantuserasitsmembers.
4IftheTelnetClientsgroupdoesnotexist,createanewgroupwiththenameTelnetClients,andthenadd
theuserto
it.
Creating a Local TelnetClients Group
IfyouwanttoaddausertothelocalTelnetClientsgroup,butnosuchgroupexistsyet,youcansimplycreate
anewgroupbythisname.ThisoperationisautomatedusingVBScriptorJscript.Usethefollowing
commands:
computer = "COMPUTER"
user="USER"
domain="DOMAIN"
Set objGroup = GetObject("WinNT://" & strComputer & "/TelnetClients")
Set objUser = GetObject("WinNT:// " & domain & "/" & user)
objGroup.Add(objUser.ADsPath)
IMPORTANTEnsureyouhavelocaladministratorpermissionsonthemachinesyouareperformingthese
procedureson.
I
MPORTANTInsomeeditions,particularlyXPProSP1andlater,remoteaccessbylocalusersisalwaystreated
asifthe“guest”userisinvolved.ThisextrasecuritymeasuremightcauseTelnet(andalsoWMI)tofailwith
localusers,butithasnoeffectondomainusers.