Using PVWA Credential to launch SSMS (and other applications) is failing.

Using PVWA Credential to launch SSMS (and other applications) is failing.

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gbbiv

We have successfully been using PVWA Credentials to launch SSMS (and other applications like Chrome), we were using the RADIUS authentication method without any problems. Now we have a use case where we need to use PVWA Credentials to do the same thing but using LDAP authentication and it is failing. There error message says Unable to execute the command line, "The stub received bad data".

Only other changes are to set Run As to Current Session and the launch the entry with the PVWA credentials. The same credential entry works fine to launch Remote Desktop session.

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Alexandre Bélisle

Hello George,

Thanks for reaching out.

I'm wondering, if you copy / paste the credentials from the account on CyberArk PVWA instead of using the PVWA credential entries, do you experience the same behavior?

You should try different username format (Netbios, short, UPN)

With this information, this should narrow down the possibilities.

Thanks for your cooperation.

Best regards,

Alex Belisle

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gbbiv

Outside of RDM I can do a Run As and use the credentials and it works.

Under the Run As tab, if I choose Credentials = None... then the app opens but it has the credentials of the current windows user rather than the Privileged Account I am trying to use.

I'm not sure where you are suggesting that I copy/paste the Privileged Account info... can you clarify please?

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Alexandre Bélisle

Hello,

I was wondering if the link to the credential is broken, or if it's something to do with how RDM handles the "run as" feature.

What I meant by copy pasting from PVWA in RDM is :

  1. Get to your CyberArk PVWA

  2. Find the Account and copy the username and the password

  3. Paste the username and the password in the Run As section of the entry

  4. Try again.

If this works, it will mean that the credential fetching is somehow not working, it it doesn't we'll see why SSMS cannot be run as a different user in RDM.

I hope this clarifies my angle.

Best regards,

Alex Belisle

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jtwilcox

Alexandre,

I am a team mate of George. We are both having the same issue. I tried your suggestion to paste the username and password in and it worked. Thoughts?