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Configuring Local Users

Local Users are users stored and managed on the security appliance’s local database. In the Users > Local Users page, you can view and manage all local users, add new local users, and edit existing local users. You can also import users from your LDAP server.

See the following sections for configuration instructions:

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“ Configuring Local User Settings ”

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“ Viewing, Editing and Deleting Local Users ”

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“ Adding Local Users ”

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“ Editing Local Users ”

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“ Importing Local Users from LDAP ”

Configuring Local User Settings

The following global settings can be configured for all local users on the Users > Local Users page:

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Apply password constraints for all local users - Applies the password constraints that are specified on the System > Administration page to all local users. For more information on password constraints, see “Login Security Settings” .

Note

This does not affect the default “admin” user account.

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Prune account upon expiration - For a user account that is configured with a limited lifetime, selecting this checkbox causes the user account to be deleted after the lifetime expires. Disable this checkbox to have the account simply be disabled after the lifetime expires. The administrator can then re-enable the account by resetting the account lifetime.

Viewing, Editing and Deleting Local Users

You can view all the groups to which a user belongs on the Users > Local Users page. Click on the expand icon next to a user to view the group memberships for that user.

The three columns to the right of the user’s name list the privileges for the user. The expanded view displays the groups from which the user gets each privilege.

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Hover the mouse pointer over the comment icon in the VPN Access column to view the network resources to which the user has VPN access.

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In the expanded view, click the remove icon under Configure to remove the user from a group.

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Click the edit icon under Configure to edit the user.

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Click the delete icon under Configure to delete the user or group in that row.

Adding Local Users

You can add local users to the internal database on the SonicWALL security appliance from the Users > Local Users page. Users can be added manually, as described here, or you can import users from an LDAP server, as described in the “Importing Local Users from LDAP” section . To manually add local users to the database, perform the following steps:

Step 1

Click Add User . The Add User configuration window displays.

Step 2

On the Settings tab, type the user name into the Name field.

Step 3

In the Password field, type a password for the user. Passwords are case-sensitive and should consist of a combination of letters and numbers rather than names of family, friends, or pets.

Step 4

Confirm the password by retyping it in the Confirm Password field.

Step 5

Optionally, select the User must change password checkbox to force users to change their passwords the first time they log in. Select the Require one-time passwords checkbox to enable this functionality requiring SSL VPN users to submit a system-generated password for two-factor authentication.

Tip

If a Local User does not have one-time password enabled, while a group it belongs to does, make sure the user’s email address is configured, otherwise this user cannot log in.

Step 6

Enter the user’s email address so they may receive one-time passwords.

Step 7

In the Account Lifetime pulldown menu, select Never expires to make the account permanently. Or select Minutes , Hours , or Days to specify a lifetime after which the user account will either be deleted or disabled.

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If you select a limited lifetime, select the Prune account upon expiration checkbox to have the user account deleted after the lifetime expires. Disable this checkbox to have the account simply be disabled after the lifetime expires. The administrator can then re-enable the account by resetting the account lifetime.

Step 8

Optionally enter a comment in the Comment field.

Step 9

On the Groups tab, under User Groups , select one or more groups to which the user will belong, and click the arrow button -> to move the group name(s) into the Member of list. The user will be a member of the selected groups. To remove the user from a group, select the group from the Member of list, and click the left arrow button <-.

Step 10

The VPN Access tab configures which network resources VPN users (either GVC, NetExtender, or Virtual Office bookmarks) can access. On the VPN Access tab, select one or more networks from the Networks list and click the right arrow button (-> ) to move them to the Access List column. To remove the user’s access to a network, select the network from the Access List , and click the left arrow button (<- ).

Note

The VPN access tab affects the ability of remote clients using GVC, NetExtender, and Virtual Office bookmarks to access network resources. To allow GVC, NetExtender, or Virtual Office users to access a network resource, the network address objects or groups must be added to the “allow” list on the VPN Access tab.

Step 11

On the Bookmark tab, administrators can add, edit, or delete Virtual Office bookmarks for each user who is a member of a related group. For information on configuring SSL VPN bookmarks, see “ Configuring SSL VPN Bookmarks ” .

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Users must be members of the SSLVPN Services group before you can configure Bookmarks for them.

Step 12

Click OK to complete the user configuration.

Editing Local Users

You can edit local users from the Users > Local Users screen. To edit a local user:

Step 1

In the list of users, click the edit icon under Configure in same line as the user you want to edit.

Step 2

Configure the Settings , Groups , VPN Access, and Bookmark tabs exactly as when adding a new user. See “ Adding Local Users ” .

Importing Local Users from LDAP

You can configure local users on the SonicWALL by retrieving the user names from your LDAP server. The Import from LDAP button launches a dialog box containing the list of user names available for import to the SonicWALL.

Having users on the SonicWALL with the same name as existing LDAP/AD users allows SonicWALL user privileges to be granted upon successful LDAP authentication.

The list of users read from the LDAP server can be quite long, and you will probably only want to import a small number of them. A Remove from list button is provided, along with several methods of selecting unwanted users.You can use these options to reduce the list to a manageable size and then select the users to import.

To import users from the LDAP server:

Step 1

In the Users > Settings page, set the Authentication Method to LDAP or LDAP + Local Users .

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In the Users > Local Users page, click Import from LDAP .

Step 3

In the LDAP Import Users dialog box, you can select individual users or select all users. To select all users in the list, select the Select/deselect all checkbox at the top of the list. To clear all selections, click it again.

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To remove one or more users from the displayed list, select one of the following options near the bottom of the page, and then click Remove from list :

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To remove the users whose checkboxes you have selected, select the All selected users radio button.

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To remove certain users on the basis of name, description, or location, select the Any user whose <field1> contains <field2> radio button. Select name , description , or location from the drop-down list in the first field, and type the value to match into the second field.

In this option, name refers to the user name displayed in the left column of the list, description refers to the description displayed to its right (not present for all users), and location refers to the location of the user object in the LDAP directory. The location, along with the full user name, is displayed by a mouse-over on a user name, as shown in the image above.

For example, you might want to remove accounts that are marked as “Disabled” in their descriptions. In this case, select description in the first field and type Disabled in the second field. The second field is case-sensitive, so if you typed disabled you would prune out a different set of users.

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To remove certain users from the list on the basis of their location in the LDAP directory, select the All users <field1> <field2> radio button. In the first field, select either at or at or under from the drop-down list. In the second field, select the LDAP directory location from the drop-down list.

Note

It is not necessary to remove users from the list in order not to import them. Doing so simply makes it easier to see those remaining in the list. If you choose not to do this, you can jump straight to Step 7 .

Step 5

Repeat the previous step to prune out additional users, until you have a manageable list to select from for import.

Step 6

To undo all changes made to the list of users, click Undo and then click OK in the confirmation dialog box.

Step 7

When finished pruning out as many unwanted accounts as possible with the Remove from list options, use the checkboxes in the list to select the accounts to import and then click Save selected .