The Credential category assigns a credential to a policy. Many policies require an agent credential to execute successfully.
Warning:Policy Management ignores agent credentials specified using the Agent > Set Credential page.
Use Managed Credential - If checked, requires a credential be specified for any organization or machine assigned this policy using the Audit > Manage Credentials page.
Username - Enter the username for the credential. Typically this a user account.
Password - Enter the password associated with the username above.
Domain
Local user account - Select this option to use a credential that logs into this machine locally, without reference to a domain.
Use machine's current domain - Create a credential using the domain name this machine is a member of, as determined by the latest audit. This makes it easier to Select All and rapidly set a common username/password on multiple machines, even if selected machines are members of different domains.
Specify domain - Manually specify the domain name to use for this credential.
