By default, if a user source is defined in the ZENworks Management Zone, the ZENworks Adaptive Agent attempts to authenticate a user to the zone whenever he or she logs in through the Microsoft or Novell client.
If necessary, you can disable user authentication to the zone. For example, you might have some users that only receive device-assigned content, so you don’t want the overhead of having them logged in to the zone.
To disable user authentication to the zone:
Locate the following key in the registry on the user’s device:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Novell\ZCM\ZenLgn
(Conditional) If you want to disable login, add the following DWORD value:
Value name: DisablePassiveModeLogin
Value data: Any non-zero value (for example, 1, 2, 3, 100)
With login disabled, no attempt is made to authenticate to the Management Zone when the user logs in through the Microsoft or Novell client.
(Conditional) If you want to disable the ZENworks login prompt that appears if login through the Microsoft client or Novell client fails, add the following DWORD value:
Value name: DisablePassiveModeLoginPrompt
Value data: Any non-zero value (for example, 1, 2, 3, 100)
Normally, the Adaptive Agent attempts to authenticate the user to the zone by using the credentials entered in the Microsoft or Novell client. If login fails, the ZENworks login prompt is displayed in order to give the user an opportunity to authenticate with different credentials. This value setting disables the ZENworks login prompt.