vSphere Web Services API
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Data Object - GuestAuthentication(vim.vm.guest.GuestAuthentication)
- Property of
 - GuestAuthenticationChallenge
 - Parameter to
 - AbortCustomization_Task, AcquireCredentialsInGuest, AddGuestAlias, ChangeFileAttributesInGuest, CreateRegistryKeyInGuest, CreateTemporaryDirectoryInGuest, CreateTemporaryFileInGuest, CustomizeGuest_Task, DeleteDirectoryInGuest, DeleteFileInGuest, DeleteRegistryKeyInGuest, DeleteRegistryValueInGuest, InitiateFileTransferFromGuest, InitiateFileTransferToGuest, ListFilesInGuest, ListGuestAliases, ListGuestMappedAliases, ListProcessesInGuest, ListRegistryKeysInGuest, ListRegistryValuesInGuest, MakeDirectoryInGuest, MoveDirectoryInGuest, MoveFileInGuest, ReadEnvironmentVariableInGuest, ReleaseCredentialsInGuest, RemoveGuestAlias, RemoveGuestAliasByCert, SetRegistryValueInGuest, StartGuestNetwork_Task, StartProgramInGuest, TerminateProcessInGuest, ValidateCredentialsInGuest
 - Returned by
 - AcquireCredentialsInGuest
 - Extended by
 - NamePasswordAuthentication, SAMLTokenAuthentication, SSPIAuthentication, TicketedSessionAuthentication
 - Extends
 - DynamicData
 - Since
 - vSphere API Release 5.0
 
Data Object Description
GuestAuthentication is an abstract base class for authentication in the guest.Properties
| Name | Type | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| interactiveSession | xsd:boolean | 
         This is set to true if the client wants an interactive session
  in the guest.
  Setting this is supported only for NamePasswordAuthentication.
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| Properties inherited from DynamicData | ||
| None | ||
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