SonicWALL 3 manual Automatically Generating Guest Accounts

CHAPTER 30: Managing Wireless Guest Accounts

Automatically Generating Guest Accounts

You can generate a specified number of guest accounts.

1Under the list of accounts, click Generate.

2In the Auto Generate Guest Account window, configure the settings for all the accounts you are generating:

ŠProfile: Select the Guest Profile to generate the accounts from.Number of Accounts:

ŠEnable Account: Check this for the accounts to be enabled upon creation.

ŠAuto-prune Account: Check this to have the account removed from the database after its lifetime expires.

ŠEnforce login uniqueness: Check this to allow only one instance of each generated account to log into the security appliance at one time. Leave it unchecked to allow multiple users to use this account at once.

ŠActivate account upon first login: Check this option to make this account active when the user first logs in to WGS.

ŠNumber of Accounts: Enter the number of accounts to generate.

ŠAccount Name: Enter a name for the accounts. If you generate more than one account at a time, a number will be added at the end of each account name to make the name unique.

ŠAccount Password: The password is automatically generated by default. If you do not want to use the generated password, enter a new one, and confirm it in the Confirm Password field, or click Generate to generate a new password.

ŠAccount Lifetime: This setting defines how long an account remains on the security appliance before the account expires. If Auto-Pruneis enabled, the account is deleted when it expires. If the Auto-Prunecheckbox is cleared, the account remains in the list of guest accounts with an Expired status, allowing easy reactivation. This setting overrides the account lifetime setting in the profile.

ŠSession 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. Alternatively, activation can occur at the time the account is created by clearing the Activate account upon first login checkbox. The Session Lifetime cannot exceed the value set in the Account Lifetime. This setting overrides the session lifetime setting in the profile.

ŠIdle 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. This setting overrides the idle timeout setting in the profile.

ŠComment: Enter a descriptive comment.

3Click OK to generate the accounts.

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