# Managed Object - GuestAuthManager(vim.vm.guest.AuthManager)

Property of
  GuestOperationsManager
See also
  GuestAuthentication, VirtualMachine
Since
  vSphere API 5.0

## Managed Object Description

AuthManager is the managed object that provides APIs to manipulate the guest operating authentication.

Properties

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
None

Methods

Methods defined in this Managed Object
AcquireCredentialsInGuest, ReleaseCredentialsInGuest, ValidateCredentialsInGuest

# AcquireCredentialsInGuest(acquireCredentials)

Authenticates in the guest and returns a GuestAuthentication object with the acquired credentials for use in subsequent guest operation calls.

This can be used to authenticate inside the guest and obtain a GuestAuthentication object for supported authentication types. This operation is not needed for Name and Password Authentication. To use Name and Password Authentication, see NamePasswordAuthentication. For SSPI authentication, requestAuth should be of the type SSPIAuthentication.

Required Privileges
  None

Parameters

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
_this | ManagedObjectReference | A reference to the GuestAuthManager used to make the method call.
vm P | ManagedObjectReference to a VirtualMachine | MoRef of the VM to perform the operation on.
requestedAuth | GuestAuthentication | The guest authentication data used to acquire credentials. See GuestAuthentication.
sessionID* | xsd:long | The sessionID number should be provided only when responding to a server challenge. The sessionID number to be used with the challenge is found in the GuestAuthenticationChallenge object.

*Need not be set P Required privilege: VirtualMachine.GuestOperations.Query

Return Value

Type | Description
--- | ---
GuestAuthentication | Returns a GuestAuthentication object that can be used in guest operation calls.

Faults

Type | Description
--- | ---
GuestAuthenticationChallenge | Thrown if the credential information provided requires a challenge to authenticate.
GuestComponentsOutOfDate | Thrown if the guest agent is too old to support the operation.
GuestOperationsFault | Thrown if there is an error processing a guest operation.
GuestOperationsUnavailable | Thrown if the VM agent for guest operations is not running.
InvalidGuestLogin | Thrown if the the guest authentication information was not accepted.
InvalidPowerState | Thrown if the VM is not powered on.
InvalidState | Thrown if the operation cannot be performed because of the virtual machine's current state.
OperationDisabledByGuest | Thrown if the operation is not enabled due to guest agent configuration.
OperationNotSupportedByGuest | Thrown if the operation is not supported by the guest OS.
RuntimeFault | Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.
TaskInProgress | Thrown if the virtual machine is busy.
TooManyGuestLogons | Thrown if there are too many concurrent login sessions active in the guest.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition
<element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sms="urn:sms" name="AcquireCredentialsInGuest" type="sms:AcquireCredentialsInGuestRequestType"/> <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sms="urn:sms" name="AcquireCredentialsInGuestResponse"> <complexType> <sequence> <element name="returnval" type="sms:GuestAuthentication"/> </sequence> </complexType> </element>

# ReleaseCredentialsInGuest(releaseCredentials)

Releases session data and resources associated with a GuestAuthentication object returned by AcquireCredentialsInGuest.

This frees any resources and session data associated with a GuestAuthentication object returned by AcquireCredentialsInGuest. The GuestAuthentication object can no longer be used to authenticate in the guest once released. Currently this operation is only valid for TicketedSessionAuthentication objects.

Required Privileges
  None

Parameters

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
_this | ManagedObjectReference | A reference to the GuestAuthManager used to make the method call.
vm P | ManagedObjectReference to a VirtualMachine | MoRef of the VM to perform the operation on.
auth | GuestAuthentication | The guest authentication data. See GuestAuthentication.

P Required privilege: VirtualMachine.GuestOperations.Query

Return Value

Type | Description
--- | ---
None

Faults

Type | Description
--- | ---
GuestComponentsOutOfDate | Thrown if the guest agent is too old to support the operation.
GuestOperationsFault | Thrown if there is an error processing a guest operation.
GuestOperationsUnavailable | Thrown if the VM agent for guest operations is not running.
InvalidGuestLogin | Thrown if the the guest authentication information was not accepted.
InvalidPowerState | Thrown if the VM is not powered on.
InvalidState | Thrown if the operation cannot be performed because of the virtual machine's current state.
OperationDisabledByGuest | Thrown if the operation is not enabled due to guest agent configuration.
OperationNotSupportedByGuest | Thrown if the operation is not supported by the guest OS.
RuntimeFault | Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.
TaskInProgress | Thrown if the virtual machine is busy.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition
<element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sms="urn:sms" name="ReleaseCredentialsInGuest" type="sms:ReleaseCredentialsInGuestRequestType"/> <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sms="urn:sms" name="ReleaseCredentialsInGuestResponse"> <complexType/> </element>

# ValidateCredentialsInGuest(validateCredentials)

Validates the GuestAuthentication credentials.

This can be used to check the authentication data, or validate any authetication that has a timeout is still valid. If the authentication is not valid, GuestPermissionDenied will be thrown.

Required Privileges
  None

Parameters

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
_this | ManagedObjectReference | A reference to the GuestAuthManager used to make the method call.
vm P | ManagedObjectReference to a VirtualMachine | MoRef of the VM to perform the operation on.
auth | GuestAuthentication | The guest authentication data. See GuestAuthentication.

P Required privilege: VirtualMachine.GuestOperations.Query

Return Value

Type | Description
--- | ---
None

Faults

Type | Description
--- | ---
GuestComponentsOutOfDate | Thrown if the guest agent is too old to support the operation.
GuestOperationsFault | Thrown if there is an error processing a guest operation.
GuestOperationsUnavailable | Thrown if the VM agent for guest operations is not running.
InvalidGuestLogin | Thrown if the the guest authentication information was not accepted.
InvalidPowerState | Thrown if the VM is not powered on.
InvalidState | Thrown if the operation cannot be performed because of the virtual machine's current state.
OperationDisabledByGuest | Thrown if the operation is not enabled due to guest agent configuration.
OperationNotSupportedByGuest | Thrown if the operation is not supported by the guest OS.
RuntimeFault | Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.
TaskInProgress | Thrown if the virtual machine is busy.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition
<element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sms="urn:sms" name="ValidateCredentialsInGuest" type="sms:ValidateCredentialsInGuestRequestType"/> <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sms="urn:sms" name="ValidateCredentialsInGuestResponse"> <complexType/> </element>