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SonicOS Enhanced 4.0 Administrator Guide
CHAPTER 52
Chapter 52: Managing Users and Authentication
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User Management

This chapter describes the user management capabilities of your SonicWALL security
appliance for locally and remotely authenticated users. This chapter contains the following
sections:
“Introduction to User Management” on page 599
“Viewing Status on Users > Status” on page 613
“Configuring Settings on Users > Settings” on page 614
“Configuring Local Users” on page 618
“Configuring Local Groups” on page 621
“Configuring RADIUS Authentication” on page 625
“Configuring LDAP Integration in SonicOS Enhanced” on page 631
“Configuring Single Sign-On” on page 641
“Configuring Multiple Administrator Support” on page 670

Introduction to User Management

See the following sections for more information:
“Using Local Users and Groups for Authentication” on page 600
“Using RADIUS for Authentication” on page 602
“Using LDAP / Active Directory / eDirectory Authentication” on page 602
“Single Sign-On Overview” on page 605
“Multiple Administrator Support Overview” on page 610
SonicWALL security appliances provide a mechanism for user level authentication that gives
users access to the LAN from remote locations on the Internet as well as a means to enforce
or bypass content filtering policies for LAN users attempting to access the Internet. You can
also permit only authenticated users to access VPN tunnels and send data across the