How does PowerBroker Password Safe change passwords on the managed systems?
To test and change passwords, PowerBroker Password Safe connects to the managed system and changes the password on the managed account. PowerBroker Password Safe can connect to the system using a user account or in the case of Unix or Linux hosts, by connecting through BeyondTrust PowerBroker. For user accounts, PowerBroker Password Safe connects to the target device using a secure protocol that is supported by the target device. On most Unix platforms, the connection is by SSH using a DSS key pair. Database connections, such as Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle connect via ODBC on the PowerBroker Password Safe unit and communicate through the databases network protocol, such as Net-lib and SQL*Net. Connections to Windows machines are via encrypted NTLM.