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User/Group

27.1 Overview

This chapter describes how to set up user accounts, user groups, and user settings for the ZyWALL. You can also set up rules that control when users have to log in to the ZyWALL before the ZyWALL routes traffic for them.

27.1.1What You Can Do in this Chapter

•The User screen (see Section 27.2 on page 373) provides a summary of all user accounts.

•The Group screen (see Section 27.3 on page 376) provides a summary of all user groups. In addition, this screen allows you to add, edit, and remove user groups. User groups may consist of access users and other user groups. You cannot put admin users in user groups

•The Setting screen (see Section 27.4 on page 378) controls default settings, login settings, lockout settings, and other user settings for the ZyWALL. You can also use this screen to specify when users must log in to the ZyWALL before it routes traffic for them.

27.1.2What You Need To Know

User Account

A user account defines the privileges of a user logged into the ZyWALL. User accounts are used in firewall rules, in addition to controlling access to configuration and services in the ZyWALL.

User Types

These are the types of user accounts the ZyWALL uses.

Table 132 Types of User Accounts

TYPE	ABILITIES	LOGIN METHOD(S)
Admin Users
admin	Change ZyWALL configuration (web, CLI)	WWW, TELNET, SSH, FTP, Console
limited-admin	Look at ZyWALL configuration (web, CLI)	WWW, TELNET, SSH, Console
	Perform basic diagnostics (CLI)
Access Users
user	Access network services	WWW, TELNET, SSH
	Browse user-mode commands (CLI)
guest	Access network services	WWW
ext-user	External user account	WWW
ext-group-user	External group user account	WWW

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