Chapter 27 User/Group

Figure 243 Configuration > User/Group > User > Add

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 134 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 27.2.1.1 on page 374.

 

 

User Type

This field displays the types of user accounts the ZyWALL uses:

 

• 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 and can also browse user-

 

mode commands (CLI).

 

• 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 372 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 372 for more information

 

about this type.

 

 

Password

This field is not available if you select the ext-useror ext-group-usertype.

 

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-useror ext-group-usertype.

 

 

Group Identifier

This field is available for a ext-group-usertype 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

This field is available for a ext-group-usertype user account. Select the AAA server to

Server Object

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

If you want the system to use default settings, select Use Default Settings. If you

Timeout Settings

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.

 

 

 

375

ZyWALL 110/310/1100 Series User’s Guide