Console : Configuring Management Settings
Adding Users
This section describes how to create a new user. Although the user inherits all group settings, individual user settings overrides the group settings.
To add a new user, complete the following steps:
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Click the Console tab, expand the Management tree and click Users. The General Page of the User configuration screen displays.
 
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In the middle pane, right-click Administrators, End Users, or Guest Users and select Add User from the pop-up menu. The Add User dialog box displays.
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In the dialog box, enter the name of the new user, a password, confirm the password, and then click OK. The new user is added to the list under End Users.
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In the right pane, enter any comments regarding the new user group in the Comments field.
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Select a default view for the new user group from the Default View pull-down menu. This view is displayed for members of the user group when they first log in to Dell SonicWALL GMS.
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To force all users in the user group to change their passwords, select Change Password.
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To delete the user when they become inactive, select Delete Inactive.
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To set a date when the user type will become inactive, click in the Active Until field and then select a date from the popup calendar.
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To keep the user type active at all times without an end date, select Always Active.
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Select the schedule for when the user group is active from the pull-down list in the Schedule field.
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Click Update. The new user group is added. By default, the new group has no privileges. To configure screen access settings, refer to Moving a User .
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From the General tab, select the new user.
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Enter the full name of the user in the Name field.
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Enter contact information for the user in the Phone, Fax, Pager, and Email fields.
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Select the default view for the user from the Default View list box.
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Enter any comments regarding the new user in the Comments field.
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Check SuperAdmin to enable privileges for this user across all domains.
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NOTE: By default, permissions for users exist only within the domain to which they belong. By checking the SuperAdmin option, permissions are extended across all domains.
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Enter the number of minutes that the user can be inactive on his computer before the session times out in the Inactivity Timeout field. Enter -1 to never time out.
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To change the password for the user, type in the password in the New Password field, and then type it again in Confirm Password.
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To disable the user without deleting the entire entry, select Account Disabled.
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To force the user to change his password, select Change Password.
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To delete the user when the account becomes inactive, select Delete Inactive.
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To set a date when the user becomes inactive, click in the Active Until field and select a date from the popup calendar.
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To keep the user active without an end date, select Always Active. If this is selected, the date in the Active Until field is ignored.
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Select a schedule when the user is active from the pull-down list in the Schedule field.
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Do one of the following:
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Click Inherit Permissions from Group. The user inherits the permissions from the group that you right-clicked to begin this procedure.
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Click Update. The new user is added. You must configure the user’s permissions. See Moving a User and Configuring Appliance Access .
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Click Reset to change all fields in this screen to their default values and start over.
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NOTE: To temporarily disable a user account, select Account Disabled and click Update.