From 3aa886728608094f49e78a50b78af61d68d79f07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Virtually Nick Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 20:24:57 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] GUACAMOLE-1935: Add note about different authentication mechanisms related to VNC. --- src/configuring-guacamole.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/configuring-guacamole.md b/src/configuring-guacamole.md index 543f144..8a654ba 100644 --- a/src/configuring-guacamole.md +++ b/src/configuring-guacamole.md @@ -485,6 +485,16 @@ as well as username and password authentication. : The password to use when attempting authentication, if any. This parameter is optional. +These credentials may be requested by one of several different underlying +authentication schemes, depending on the server configuration. The libvncclient +library supports several of these, depending on the version of the library +present on the system running guacd. Notably, the MSLogonII authentication +protocol is only supported the most recent libvncclient release. If in +doubt, or you encounter issues trying to log on to certain VNC servers, +check the version of libvncclient that you're building guacd against and +make sure it includes support for the authentication scheme of the +server to which you're trying to connect. + (vnc-display-settings)= #### Display settings