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Assigning a user as a device owner during installation of Network Agent

July 1, 2024

ID 265662

To assign a user as a device owner when installing Network Agent via an installation package, add the variables specified in the table below to the Network Agent installation package settings.

Variable name

Required

Description

Possible values

KLNAGENT_DEVICEOWNER_REGISTRATION_START

No

Allows running the utility for registering the user as a device owner after installation of Network Agent. If disabled, then registration as a device owner is not available to a user.

1—The utility for registering the user as a device owner will start after installation of Network Agent.

Other—The utility is not available.

KLNAGENT_DEVICEOWNER_LOGIN

No

Yes, if you enter the password

Contains the login of a user who will be registered as a device owner.

The user's login as specified in the list of users in Kaspersky Security Center Linux.

KLNAGENT_DEVICEOWNER_PASSWORD

No

Yes, if you enter the login

Contains the encrypted password of a user who will be registered as a device owner.

The user's password.

Network Agent will decrypt the specified login and password during installation of Kaspersky Security Center Linux, and the user will be registered as a device owner.

You can also assign a user as a device owner when installing Network Agent in silent mode with a response file. Learn more about installation in silent mode with a response file in this article.

To assign a user as a device owner when installing Network Agent in a silent mode with a response file:

  1. Add the KLNAGENT_DEVICEOWNER_REGISTRATION_START parameter to the response file and set it to 1.

    The utility for registering the user as a device owner will start after installation of Network Agent.

  2. Enter the login and password in the command line on the client device.

    The user will be assigned as a device owner.

If the user is included in an internal security group, the login must contain the user name.

If the user is included in an Active Directory security group, the login must contain the user name and domain name.

If two-step verification is turned on for the user, you have to enter the time-based one-time password (TOTP) from the app. Learn more about two-step verification in this article.

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