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Authenticatation with Custom exe sensors

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Hello,

I just a custom exe sensor written, and it works fine when I run it again machines in the same domain as the PRTG server.

But when I try to point my skill to another domain, it fails.

It short, the script counts the number of files in a folder

The only place I can see for setting credentials is on the device, under "credentials for windows systems". But I dont think PTRG uses these credentials for custom exe sensors. (I have tried)

The script works from the console of the server once I authenticate in windows. (but still does not work in PRTG)

So, how do I pass on the credentials to the custom exe script that in turn queries another domain?

Thanks

authentication custom-sensor windows

Created on Jul 17, 2014 8:15:09 AM



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That depends on how you execute the folder count command on the remote host. If you're using Invoke-Command, you can give the script username and password and create a credential object:

  1. Generate Credentials Object $SecPasswd = ConvertTo-SecureString $Password -AsPlainText -Force $Credentials= New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($Username, $secpasswd)

Username should be in the following format: domainname-or-computername\username

Make sure to put the password in the parameter in quotes.

Created on Jul 17, 2014 8:57:51 AM by Stephan Linke [Paessler Support]



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Thanks for the reply.

I would prefer to leave the script with no authentication options in it (So i can use the same script over multiple domains).

If i cannot tell PRTG to use the "windows credentials" for a custom exe script, them I might be forced to has a different set of scripts per domain.

Created on Jul 17, 2014 11:57:40 AM



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Lets say your script takes -UserName and -Password as parameters. Make it look like this:

-UserName %windowsdomain\%windowsuser -Password "%windowspassword"

Then it uses the credentials that you've entered for the device :)

Created on Jul 18, 2014 9:36:24 AM by Stephan Linke [Paessler Support]

Last change on Jul 18, 2014 9:36:36 AM by Stephan Linke [Paessler Support]




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