An error results when doing password checks (against a Microsoft Windows NT machine) within the Secu (NETIQKB31755)

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VigilEnt Security Manager 3.x

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VigilEnt Security Manager 4.0

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VigilEnt Security Manager 4.1

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VigilEnt Security Agent for Windows 2.x

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VigilEnt Security Agent for Windows 3.x

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VigilEnt Security Agent for Windows 4.0

symptom
An error results when doing password checks (against a Microsoft Windows NT machine) within the Security Checkup report.

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To do password type checks, such as Accounts with Password=Username, VigilEnt Security Agent for Windows components must be installed on each machine that is being audited for password information. This is because of syskey encryption. Password reports cannot be done by using an agent by proxy.

Formerly known as NETIQKB31755