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35.2
User Summary Screen
The
User
screen provides a summary of all user accounts. To access this screen,
login to the Web Configurator, and click
Configuration > Object > User/Group
.
Figure 334
Configuration > Object > User/Group
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
35.2.1
User Add/Edit Screen
The
User Add/Edit
screen allows you to create a new user account or edit an
existing one.
35.2.1.1
Rules for User Names
Enter a user name from 1 to 31 characters.
The user name can only contain the following characters:
Alphanumeric A-z 0-9 (there is no unicode support)
_ [underscores]
Table 171
Configuration > Object > User/Group
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Add
Click this to create a new entry.
Edit
Double-click an entry or select it and click
Edit
to open a screen where
you can modify the entry’s settings.
Remove
To remove an entry, select it and click
Remove
. The ZyWALL confirms
you want to remove it before doing so.
Object
References
Select an entry and click
Object Reference
s to open a screen that
shows which settings use the entry. See
Section 11.3.2 on page 230
for
an example.
#
This field is a sequential value, and it is not associated with a specific
user.
User Name
This field displays the user name of each user.
Description
This field displays the description for each user.
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- [dashes]
The first character must be alphabetical (A-Z a-z), an underscore (_), or a dash (-
). Other limitations on user names are:
User names are case-sensitive. If you enter a user 'bob' but use 'BOB' when
connecting via CIFS or FTP, it will use the account settings used for 'BOB' not
‘bob’.
User names have to be different than user group names.
Here are the reserved user names:
To access this screen, go to the
User
screen (see
Section 35.2 on page 586
), and
click either the
Add
icon or an
Edit
icon.
Figure 335
Configuration > User/Group > User > Add
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admin
any
bin
daemon
debug
devicehaecived •
ftp
games
halt
ldap-users
lp
mail
news
nobody
operator
radius-users
root
shutdown
sshd
sync
uucp
zyxel
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The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 172
Configuration > User/Group > User > Add
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
User Name
Type the user name for this user account. You may use 1-31
alphanumeric characters, underscores(
_
), or dashes (-), but the first
character cannot be a number. This value is case-sensitive. User
names have to be different than user group names, and some words
are reserved. See
Section 35.2.1.1 on page 586
.
User Type
Select what type of user this is. Choices are:
admin
- this user can look at and change the configuration of the
ZyWALL
limited-admin
- this user can look at the configuration of the
ZyWALL but not to change it
user
- this user has access to the ZyWALL’s services but cannot
look at the configuration
guest
- this user has access to the ZyWALL’s services but cannot
look at the configuration
ext-user
- this user account is maintained in a remote server, such
as RADIUS or LDAP. See
Ext-User Accounts on page 584
for more
information about this type.
ext-group-user
- this user account is maintained in a remote
server, such as RADIUS or LDAP. See
Ext-Group-User Accounts on
page 585
for more information about this type.
Password
This field is not available if you select the
ext-user
or
ext-group-
user
type.
Enter the password of this user account. It can consist of 4 - 31
alphanumeric characters.
Retype
This field is not available if you select the
ext-user
or
ext-group-
user
type.
Group Identifier
This field is available for a
ext-group-user
type user account.
Specify the value of the AD or LDAP server’s
Group Membership
Attribute
that identifies the group to which this user belongs.
Associated AAA
Server Object
This field is available for a
ext-group-user
type user account. Select
the AAA server to use to authenticate this account’s users.
Description
Enter the description of each user, if any. You can use up to 60
printable ASCII characters. Default descriptions are provided.
Authentication
Timeout Settings
This field is not available if you select the
ext-group-user
type.
If you want to set authentication timeout to a value other than the
default settings, select
Use Manual Settings
then fill your preferred
values in the fields that follow.
Lease Time
This field is not available if you select the
ext-group-user
type.
Enter the number of minutes this user has to renew the current
session before the user is logged out. You can specify 1 to 1440
minutes. You can enter 0 to make the number of minutes unlimited.
Admin users renew the session every time the main screen refreshes
in the Web Configurator. Access users can renew the session by
clicking the
Renew
button on their screen. If you allow access users
to renew time automatically (see
Section 35.4 on page 591
), the users
can select this check box on their screen as well. In this case, the
session is automatically renewed before the lease time expires.
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35.3
User Group Summary Screen
User groups consist of access users and other user groups. You cannot put admin
users in user groups. The
Group
screen provides a summary of all user groups. In
addition, this screen allows you to add, edit, and remove user groups. To access
this screen, login to the Web Configurator, and click
Configuration > Object >
User/Group > Group
.
Figure 336
Configuration > Object > User/Group > Group
The following table describes the labels in this screen. See
Section 35.3.1 on page
590
for more information as well.
Reauthentication
Time
This field is not available if you select the
ext-group-user
type.
Type the number of minutes this user can be logged into the ZyWALL
in one session before the user has to log in again. You can specify 1 to
1440 minutes. You can enter 0 to make the number of minutes
unlimited. Unlike
Lease Time
, the user has no opportunity to renew
the session without logging out.
Configuration
Validation
Use a user account from the group specified above to test if the
configuration is correct. Enter the account’s user name in the
User
Name
field and click
Test
.
OK
Click
OK
to save your changes back to the ZyWALL.
Cancel
Click
Cancel
to exit this screen without saving your changes.
Table 172
Configuration > User/Group > User > Add (continued)
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Table 173
Configuration > Object > User/Group > Group
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Add
Click this to create a new entry.
Edit
Double-click an entry or select it and click
Edit
to open a screen where
you can modify the entry’s settings.
Remove
To remove an entry, select it and click
Remove
. The ZyWALL confirms
you want to remove it before doing so. Removing a group does not
remove the user accounts in the group.
Object
References
Select an entry and click
Object Reference
s to open a screen that
shows which settings use the entry. See
Section 11.3.2 on page 230
for
an example.
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35.3.1
Group Add/Edit Screen
The
Group Add/Edit
screen allows you to create a new user group or edit an
existing one. To access this screen, go to the
Group
screen (see
Section 35.3 on
page 589
), and click either the
Add
icon or an
Edit
icon.
Figure 337
Configuration > User/Group > Group > Add
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
#
This field is a sequential value, and it is not associated with a specific
user group.
Group Name
This field displays the name of each user group.
Description
This field displays the description for each user group.
Member
This field lists the members in the user group. Each member is separated
by a comma.
Table 173
Configuration > Object > User/Group > Group (continued)
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Table 174
Configuration > User/Group > Group > Add
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Name
Type the name for this user group. You may use 1-31 alphanumeric
characters, underscores(
_
), or dashes (-), but the first character cannot
be a number. This value is case-sensitive. User group names have to be
different than user names.
Description
Enter the description of the user group, if any. You can use up to 60
characters, punctuation marks, and spaces.

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