Creating User Groups

A user group (or user type) is a group of Dell SonicWALL GMS users who complete similar tasks and have similar permissions.

Dell SonicWALL GMS provides three pre-configured groups:

•	Administrators—Full view and update privileges.

•	Operators—View privileges only.

•	End Users—No privileges.

•	Guest Users—No privileges.

To create a new group, complete the following steps:

1	Click the Console tab, expand the Management tree and click Users. The General Page of the User screen displays.

2	In the middle pane, right-click All Users and select Add User Types from the pop-up menu. A new user group dialog box displays.

3	In the dialog box, enter the name of the new user type and then click OK. The new user type is added to the list under All Users.

4	In the right pane, enter any comments regarding the new user group in the Comments field.

5	Select a default view for the new user group from the Default View pull-down menu. This view will be displayed for members of the user group when they first log in to Dell SonicWALL GMS.

6	To force all users in the user group to change their passwords, select Change Password.

7	To delete the user type when it becomes inactive, select Delete Inactive.

8	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.

9	To keep the user type active at all times without an end date, select Always Active.

10	Select the schedule for when the user group is active from the pull-down list in the Schedule field.

11	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 .