Linux Virtual Delivery Agent

Non-SSO authentication

This article provides guidance on how to enable non-SSO authentication on the Linux VDA.

Overview

By default, the Linux VDA has single sign-on (SSO) enabled. Users log on to Citrix Workspace app and to VDA sessions using one set of credentials.

To have users log on to VDA sessions using a different set of credentials, disable SSO on the Linux VDA. The following table lists combinations of user authentication methods supported in non-SSO scenarios.

Citrix Workspace app VDA session
user name user name
smart card user name
user name smart card

Supported distributions

Only Linux VDAs installed on one of the following distributions can have SSO disabled:

  • RHEL 8.4
  • RHEL 7.9 / CentOS 7.9
  • Debian 10.9
  • SUSE 15.3
  • SUSE 15.2

Disable SSO

Run the following command on your Linux VDA:

/opt/Citrix/VDA/bin/ctxreg create -k "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Citrix\WinStations\tcp" -t "REG_DWORD" -v "fPromptForDifferentUser" -d "0x00000001" --force
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Non-SSO authentication