Guest Services determine the limits and configuration of the guest accounts. The Users > Guest Services page displays a list of Guest Profiles. Guest profiles determine the configuration of guest accounts when they are generated. In the Users > Guest Services page, you can add, delete, and configure Guest Profiles. In addition, you can determine if all users who log in to the security appliance see a user login window that displays the amount of time remaining in their current login session.
Check Show guest login status window with logout button to display a user login window on the users’s workstation whenever the user is logged in. Users must keep this window open during their login session. The window displays the time remaining in their current session. Users can log out by clicking the Logout button in the login status window.
The Guest Profiles list shows the profiles you have created and enables you to add, edit, and delete profiles. To add a profile :
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Step 1
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Click
Add
below the Guest Profile list to display the Add Guest Profile window.
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Profile Name
: Enter the name of the profile.
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User Name Prefix
: Enter the first part of every user account name generated from this profile.
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Auto-generate user name
: Check this to allow guest accounts generated from this profile to have an automatically generated user name. The user name is usually the prefix plus a two- or three-digit number.
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Auto-generate password
: Check this to allow guest accounts generated from this profile to have an automatically generated password. The generated password is an eight-character unique alphabetic string.
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Enable Account
: Check this for all guest accounts generated from this profile to be enabled upon creation.
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Auto-Prune Account
: Check this to have the account removed from the database after its lifetime expires.
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Enforce login uniqueness
: Check this to allow only a single instance of an account to be used at any one time. By default, this feature is enabled when creating a new guest account. If you want to allow multiple users to login with a single account, disable this enforcement by clearing the Enforce login uniqueness checkbox.
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Activate Account Upon First Login
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Checking this box delays the Account Expiration timer until a user logs into the account for the first time.
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Account Lifetime
: This setting defines how long an account remains on the security appliance before the account expires. If Auto-Prune
is enabled, the account is deleted when it expires. If the Auto-Prune
checkbox is cleared, the account remains in the list of guest accounts with an Expired
status, allowing easy reactivation.
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Session Lifetime
: Defines how long a guest login session remains active after it has been activated. By default, activation occurs the first time a guest user logs into an account. The Session Lifetime
cannot exceed the value set in the Account Lifetime
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Idle Timeout
: Defines the maximum period of time when no traffic is passed on an activated guest services session. Exceeding the period defined by this setting expires the session, but the account itself remains active as long as the Account Lifetime
hasn't expired. The Idle Timeout
cannot exceed the value set in the Session Lifetime
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Comment
: Any text can be entered as a comment in the Comment
field.
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Step 3
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Click
OK
to add the profile.
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